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by artonge 1962 days ago
The nomenclature of CPU models can be very opaque, that's why I refer to https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/ to compare different CPUs. There can be some surprises performance wise.
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Don't refer to userbenchmark. Their ratings are so blatantly manipulated that they've gotten themselves banned from virtually every forum or subreddit for hardware advice. You know something's up when both r/Intel and r/AMD ban a "benchmarking" site.
What's an alternative for when I want ballpark performance numbers, where I'm not making a purchasing decision and I just want to know, "compared to what I have, is this other thing a {little,lot}{slower,faster} or about the same? Where "about the same" is within ~20% and the little/lot line is around 100% (double)?
Here is an alternative. None of them are perfect but for spur of the moment comparisons, a consistent "general" CPU benchmark should probably work well enough.

If it matters, i.e. purchase/usage decision, you really should dig into specific benchmarks that reflect your use (e.g. the actual application or game).

https://www.cpubenchmark.net/laptop.html

AnandTech Bench is a decent resource. https://www.anandtech.com/bench/
That looks great for a detailed comparison, but is quite a bit too much information for when I just want a quick "I haven't looked up that cpu before, what ballpark performance is it?