"per clock" is IPC, which was the entire point of my comment. If AMD were running at 4GHz they might have had comparable IPC, or they might not because they co

"per clock" is IPC, which was the entire point of my comment. If AMD were running at 4GHz they might have had comparable IPC, or they might not because they could use the headroom to target something else. But they aren't at 4GHz. Nor are they ARM. It's all Apple marketing speak (others aren't innocent of this nonsense either). Comparing IPC across the same chip line does make sense, to get a rough idea if how far the envelope is being pushed. Even comparing M3 to A17 would be extremely questionable.