Indeed. The game Intel used to play is now the game everyone plays -- Intel, AMD, and NVIDIA, for both consumer CPUs and GPUs. At least on the desktop. They

Indeed. The game Intel used to play is now the game everyone plays -- Intel, AMD, and NVIDIA, for both consumer CPUs and GPUs. At least on the desktop. They tend to run them to redline by default, because numbers. It's all about getting that big splash at launch, to ride it for higher average sale price as long as possible. Which is unfortunate, because when it comes to benchmarks, understanding the context of a test setup is extraordinarily important. Are you buying that very high-end memory the test setup used and then manually adjusting timings? No? Then you're not getting those numbers. Heck, you may be losing 20% or more performance compared to the test rig on just the difference in memory. Never mind adjusting other things, ensuring the system's thermals are entirely kept in check to prevent throttling, etc.