https://discourse.julialang.org/t/psa-microbenchmarks-rememb...
It depends on the work. So as always benchmark suites are to be taken with a grain of salt. More specific benchmarks, such as compiling a standard set of real software packages, can give a clearer picture of performance for those more specific use cases.
Until we see more specific data on how these chips perform for certain tasks, this is just FUD.
* Ryzen has a longer branch prediction history than Intel's processors.
* This will give it an advantage on repetitive executions.
* It's a challenge to robustly measure tasks since using repeated executions to gain confidence intervals can interfere with the measurement itself.
What's not clear is to what extent real-world tasks are repetitive enough to benefit or random enough to be negatively impacted. It's likely a mix of both.
By no means am I attempting to spread FUD — I find it quite interesting and wanted to spark a bit of discussion on it.
Is there a good place to go for this? I've tried to find software development focused benchmarks before, but I've come up mostly empty.
for a more specific example, linux kernel compilation benchmarks: https://openbenchmarking.org/showdown/pts/build-linux-kernel