Geekbench really should not be used to compare CPUs like this. Geekbench seems to be geared towards comparing mainstream machines / devices with other mainstrea

Geekbench really should not be used to compare CPUs like this. Geekbench seems to be geared towards comparing mainstream machines / devices with other mainstream machines / devices. There are many, many applications for which performance isn't as important as cost and/or power draw. For instance, these days it can be cheaper to run an additional microcontroller close to where it's needed than it is to fabricate a wiring harness to bring sensor data all the way to a centralized location. RISC-V excels here. It's a mature enough ecosystem that people can compile whatever software they want and run it without fuss on RISC-V. Nobody is going to buy a RISC-V laptop with a full GUI and be disappointed when it doesn't perform like a MacBook. So if I can buy a small SBC with two ethernets and a few RISC-V cores that takes few enough watts they can be counted on a single hand for a handful of dollars so that I can make a hardware VPN device, and I can download and compile most software on it, that interests me. Processors like Intel's N200 have their uses and definitely more performant than RISC-V, but take way too much power and therefore generate way too much heat. So why would I even bother comparing? They're in different leagues.