Apple is arguably making some better design trade-offs. This is possible due to them making money on the whole computer/device, and not just the CPU as Intel/A

Apple is arguably making some better design trade-offs. This is possible due to them making money on the whole computer/device, and not just the CPU as Intel/AMD/others need to do. So while the others are doing everything possible to both minimize die space and likely keep around a bunch of compatibility cruft that could probably go, Apple is free to go in a different direction. The 5775c (https://wccftech.com/intel-broadwell-core-i7-5775c-128mb-l4-cache-and-skylake-core-i7-6700k-flagship-processors-available-retail/ https://wccftech.com/intel-broadwell-core-i7-5775c-128mb-l4-...) was a good example of a no-compromises (from a cache standpoint) CPU from Intel that just annihilated their other CPUs at the time... it's not that hard to do, provided you're willing to pay the price for it somewhere else.