> Around 2006 or so Intel started pulling ahead and AMD never really caught up. ...never really caught up until a couple years ago when Epyc was launched. Then

> Around 2006 or so Intel started pulling ahead and AMD never really caught up. ...never really caught up until a couple years ago when Epyc was launched. Then, with the speculative execution security issues that have cropped up, Intel has not only stopped gaining performance but has actively lost performance. AMD has a significant improvement now in price, performance, and definitely price/performance compared to Intel. The biggest thing keeping Intel afloat right now is inertia.