Let's put it this way. I'd rather program single core applications on my i5-4690k than any other ryzen series chips including threadrippers with 12+ cores. I

Let's put it this way. I'd rather program single core applications on my i5-4690k than any other ryzen series chips including threadrippers with 12+ cores. I have used two threadrippers for more than 6 months. Linux still runs faster on i5-4690k which is 6 years old