What really blows my mind is that we seem to be stuck in terms of single-core performance. Passmark score of Ryzen 1800X is only 25% higher than middle-class, l

What really blows my mind is that we seem to be stuck in terms of single-core performance. Passmark score of Ryzen 1800X is only 25% higher than middle-class, low power i5-6260U[1], despite over 1GHz difference in maximum frequency. Given that, it is really suprising that 8 core processors didn't become popular earlier [1] https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare.php?cmp[]=2966&cmp[]=2671 https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare.php?cmp[]=2966&cmp[]=26...