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Re:Intel Performance Hit 5x Harder Than AMD After Spectre, M... by Skunkleton on Monday May 20, 2019 @09:12PM (#19966831)
The point is that it isn't comparable. It is likely that one of the reasons that the measured intel parts are so much faster is because of insecure optimizations. It would have been a much more interesting comparison to start from two SKUs with similar performance.
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Re:Intel Performance Hit 5x Harder Than AMD After Spectre, M... by AnthonyMouse on Monday May 20, 2019 @09:52PM (#19967015)
Isn't that what they've done? The 6800K had been slightly faster than the 2700X, now it's significantly slower. The 8700K had been significantly faster than the 2700X, now it's slightly slower (and yet more expensive). The same for the 7980XE and the 2990WX.
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Re:Intel Performance Hit 5x Harder Than AMD After Spectre, M... by Dylan16807 on Tuesday May 21, 2019 @12:00AM (#19967483)
> It is likely that one of the reasons that the measured intel parts are so much faster is because of insecure optimizations.

I doubt it. The cost of workarounds is probably far worse than the time saved from using unsafe methods.

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