The author pointed out that they published benchmarks using the same test that had not been optimized for AMD yet. But they included that information in the pub

The author pointed out that they published benchmarks using the same test that had not been optimized for AMD yet. But they included that information in the publication, including on the graphs that would otherwise appear to show the outright superiority of Intel in that regard. If the publication was delayed to allow time for due diligence then this disclosure should have made the cut. I like to think that Intel had some top-notch benchmarking nerds who were superseded by unscrupulous executives and would not have published a dishonest benchmark otherwise.