SPEC says Intel's Xeon processors were using a compiler that artificially inflated the results of its industrial benchmark by as much as 9%.

Intel accused of inflating CPU benchmark results::SPEC says Intel’s Xeon processors were using a compiler that artificially inflated the results of its industrial benchmark by as much as 9%.

  • AMDIsOurLord@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    9 months ago

    Not incorrect, just very technically irrelevant and misleading. The article in question isn’t outright lying, yes if you completely rip out the cooler when the CPU is at maximum it can be damaged, but they warped that into this supposedly big scary defect, which is manipulative at best

    • QuaternionsRock@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      9 months ago

      they warped that into this supposedly big scary defect, which is manipulative at best

      Ah, I see where you’re coming from now. Something like that is obviously a minor defect, and it should be treated as such.