People do play games on phones and for 3D games an iPhone 7 vs iPhone 11 makes a huge difference. And then we don't even take into account the silicon that they

People do play games on phones and for 3D games an iPhone 7 vs iPhone 11 makes a huge difference. And then we don't even take into account the silicon that they use to post-process photos. Photos on later iPhones are significantly better. Partly due to better sensors, partly due to better lens systems, partly due to huge processing improvements. Or to make another comparison. An 2016 MacBook Air was pretty mediocre-performance-wise and would require loud fans to spin up for a minimal amount of work. The 2020 MacBook Air M1 was about as fast in compiling Rust projects as a Ryzen 3700X (with 65W TDP), while being completely passively cooled and therefore quiet. Also, incremental improvements are how we get from a big 4.77MHz XT to a supercomputer in your backpack. It's a bit akin to saying: I have a 4.77MHz XT and my wife an 8MHz AT and I don't really see the difference when running WordStar. The AT is an improvement over the XT, perhaps not noticeable for for some applications, but year-over-year improvements are needed to make big leaps over longer time periods.