I am also quite annoyed because I paid premium (Intel) prices with the expectation to get premium speed. Now if I can just get the same performance cheaper with AMD, maybe I should just return the whole thing.
If you absolutely need the best single core performance you can, Intel is the way forward.
If multicore performance is important (lots of multitasking, lots of heavy processes running) then one of the 8 core Ryzen 7's will be better, for cheaper.
Just curious, what do you do that requires a fast single core? I always find it strange when people value that, as most computers nowadays generally run more than 1 process at a time.
If you absolutely need the best single core performance you can, Intel is the way forward.
If multicore performance is important (lots of multitasking, lots of heavy processes running) then one of the 8 core Ryzen 7's will be better, for cheaper.