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Leaked benchmarks are substantive, even if you think they aren't real. All the ones we have that are reasonably credible (i.e. aren't some random person posting on a forum) point in the same direction. That's worthy of discussion, IMO.
Yes, Kaby Lake will almost certainly have a clock speed advantage even if Ryzen can match its IPC and beat it in terms of core count per pound.
I would agree if it was one or two leaks. It's not.
it cannot match it, AMD probably did a great job with ryzen, but they still cannot shiet enough rainbows to make it better than a competitor who have better foundry and already in his 3rd refinement of the architecture on 14nm node.
Yes, it's unlikely on the face of it that it will match Kaby Lake IPC. I've said the same thing many times. I'm talking about the leaked benchmarks, that's all. Saying "it cannot match it" when the leaked benchmarks suggest that it can, means you're trusting your own preconceptions more than the results. Since they aren't confirmed yet, I suppose there's nothing wrong with such a stance.
Buy 2!! Keep one as a spare!! You'll be chuffed with those extra 200mhz or at least so say elite tier customers and businesses!!
