[jejones3141]

For a long time I saved a copy of a publication by Motorola about how Intel played fast and loose with benchmarks in comparisons of the 80386 with the 68020. (I lost it in a move, alas.) Can't say I was surprised to read about the 28-core fiasco.

[nikanj]

This is a game all CPU manufacturers play. I still remember the days of Apple claiming their G4 processors were faster than Intel ones. Then they swapped platforms, and all of those claims evaporated without a trace.

[NullPrefix]

link?

[manual]

Not specific to the Motorola but there have been a number of allegations of Intel doing this over the years:

https://www.pcworld.com/article/2842647/intel-will-pay-you-1...

http://www.agner.org/optimize/blog/read.php?i=49