Gravitron's value prop is you get 2x the physical cores for a slightly cheaper price. Intel wins at single-thread performance, but for parallel workloads Intel

Gravitron's value prop is you get 2x the physical cores for a slightly cheaper price. Intel wins at single-thread performance, but for parallel workloads Intel's hyperthreaded vCPUs can't keep up. But you're right in that in the end it all depends on your workload.