I agree, but I’m really curious if this is just because the commonly used compilers & libraries aren’t particularly optimised for ppc64le (which is a guess) or

I agree, but I’m really curious if this is just because the commonly used compilers & libraries aren’t particularly optimised for ppc64le (which is a guess) or whether the hardware itself cannot match the equivalent Xeon and Ryzen offerings Not that this matters to the end user, but it is still interesting IMO