Credible benchmark data, which necessarily includes replicable video footage from popular games, is the exception rather than the rule. When it's convenient, canned game benchmarks are chosen such as Ulletical’s CSGO which runs at nearly double the in-game fps. Different games, mostly unplayed by real users, are cherry picked for each “review”.
Mind-numbing “scientific” and rendering benchmarks are presented as gospel. Not enabling XMP or only testing with BIOS power limits enabled is akin to leaving the handbrake on during a race. Intel’s marketing samples are routinely distributed to reviewers that appear better incentivized to bury Intel's products rather than review them. Little effort is made to counter widespread disinformation such as: “it uses too much electricity” or the classic: “it needs more cores”. Given the scale of Intel's operation, it’s inexplicable that their marketing remains so neglected. Despite Intel’s performance lead, AMD continues to outsell Intel. Rocket Lake’s IPC uplift translates to around a 10% faster Effective Speed than both Intel's 10th Gen and AMD’s 5000 series. There are also 500 series chipset improvements including: 20 PCIe4 CPU lanes (up from 16) and USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 (20 Gbps up from 10 Gbps). The i7-11700K is the second fastest CPU in Intel’s 11th Gen Rocket Lake-S lineup which brings higher IPC (early samples indicate +19%) and 50% stronger integrated graphics.
