Benchmarks with Intel vs AMD here:
https://www.pcper.com/reviews/Processors/Ashes-Singularity-G...
Whatever they did for AoS significantly increased 1800x performance while keeping 6900k performance essentially flat.
No, Intel gains 0% vs AMD gains 17-20%: https://www.pcper.com/reviews/Processors/Ashes-Singularity-G...
maybe they just optimized the game.