I'm not talking T460, I'm talking T460p. It comes with an i7-6820HQ. Also quad core. The T480 comes with an i7-8650U. CPUBenchmark.net scores them 8757 and 866

I'm not talking T460, I'm talking T460p. It comes with an i7-6820HQ. Also quad core. The T480 comes with an i7-8650U. CPUBenchmark.net scores them 8757 and 8669 respectively. There's no "destroying" of any kind going on.