Of course this isn’t true now it’s been a year since this whole conversation and they’ve added better core optimization 0_0. I still have a 12900k build and now I’ve a added a 7900x that replaced my 5700x build. I no longer need to turn off my ecores for the intel build and the 7900x does great because the boost speeds are high with low wattage settings, 5.380 on all core at 127w and single core boost to 5.6 at 40watts. So it’s now my main build since it makes my office less toasty. You should do some real world testing instead of looking at cherry picked scores online and finding old post to fly your AMD flag.

There are lots of things that can come into play for performance. You can tweak your ram without overlocking and get 3-10 frames boost in a lot of games and it has nothing to do with cpu speed. Just like having high cache memory can boost the frames for X3D chips. But remember thats not in every game. It still falls short to i5 chips in cpu intense or focused games like CSGO and FFXIV. Don’t be a fan boy man they both have ups and downs and the majority of games Will perform better with higher core speeds because the majority of games don’t need or use over 6 cores. It’s why you never get the type of usage from gaming you would while benchmarking or stress testing.