But if I read the picture properly, AMD appears to be 8 times(!) faster than anything else: http://cdn.wccftech.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/AMD-Ryzen-7-1800

But if I read the picture properly, AMD appears to be 8 times(!) faster than anything else: http://cdn.wccftech.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/AMD-Ryzen-7-1800X-CPU-Mark-SSE-Benchmark-WM-840x370.jpg http://cdn.wccftech.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/AMD-Ryzen... That seems to be untypically good, in the market where the new generations brought typically 10-20%. I still wouldn't say it's impossible, as, for example, Intel had (apparently until Sandy Bridge) much slower NaN handling than AMD, at least without SSE2. So maybe AMD discovered some weak point like that. But until I read some explanation, it does seem to be too good...