[InTheArena]

For compute workloads, I highly recommend the AMD CPUs. In this case, doing multiple tasks at once - like switching betweeen reddit and a built qualifies :-)

For these type of workloads, I personally find that the synthetic tests (like Geekbench) are pretty good. In addition Linus tech tips does a good job of covering “productivity” workloads - which AMD usually massacres the intel workloads. Finally if you use VMS or docker, the added CPU count is critical.