Even for in-order vs out-of-order, there's slower and faster. Early atoms were really slow, compared to e.g. a SiFive P270, which is also in-order. Out-of-ord

Even for in-order vs out-of-order, there's slower and faster. Early atoms were really slow, compared to e.g. a SiFive P270, which is also in-order. Out-of-order CPUs exist that are much slower. After all, in-order CPUs can be superscalar still.