Single threaded performance just hasn't shifted that quickly in the interim. In order for the quad core, eight thread 960 to be slower than an Actions instance

Single threaded performance just hasn't shifted that quickly in the interim. In order for the quad core, eight thread 960 to be slower than an Actions instance, there'd need to have been an 8x uplift in single core performance since '08. It's been more like 2x. https://mlech26l.github.io/pages/2020/12/17/cpus.html https://mlech26l.github.io/pages/2020/12/17/cpus.html