> At the high end, per-core performance hasn't increased significantly. When comparing aforementioned CPUs (Intel Core i7 980X and Intel Core i7 5930K), I'd ca

> At the high end, per-core performance hasn't increased significantly. When comparing aforementioned CPUs (Intel Core i7 980X and Intel Core i7 5930K), I'd call 4->16 FLOPS per clock and 25.6 GB/s -> 68 GB/s memory bandwidth significant. I think integer rate has also at least quadrupled. Of course, because of high latencies, when running pointer chasing or branchy code, there's little improvement. The software just can't take advantage of hardware capabilities. What kind of software are you considering when making that statement?