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Go back and benchmark your old Intel CPUs with security mitigations enabled. You'll lose 30-60% performance in syscall heavy and other common workloads while Bulldozers barely change.

Intel gained an unfair advantage and built their reputation by taking shortcuts with security. The FX series weren't marvels of design engineering, but they weren't nearly as behind the performance curve as customers were deceived into thinking.