> like "space-optimized 6502 processors I don't think this is fair though. Some processes may support finfet, or gaffet, or some neat trick, where, if you swit

> like "space-optimized 6502 processors I don't think this is fair though. Some processes may support finfet, or gaffet, or some neat trick, where, if you switched to the process, but didn't optimize for size, you may be able to double the performance at half the power. Like you suggest, it's some crazy multidimensional problem space. There's no hope in representing it with one number. And, nobody that's actually designing would care about any of these numbers. In the end, they would only be used by marketing, which is all they're used for now.