Not quite. Node numbers don't actually correspond to transistor gate length. So it would be like one company saying "we run at 3GHz" and the other saying "we ru

Not quite. Node numbers don't actually correspond to transistor gate length. So it would be like one company saying "we run at 3GHz" and the other saying "we run at 4GHz" when both run at 4GHz. Separately, what you are saying is true -- size is not the be-all-end-all of processor performance. But GP is referring to the dislocation between nomenclature and geometry.