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>Today an iPhone 14 Pro embarrasses Arm's best with 63 percent higher single-core scores in Geekbench compared to an X3-equipped Snapdragon 8 Gen 2.

> but these launch events have a history of making performance claims that don't align with what actually arrives in consumers' hands.

Sigh. Both are factually wrong.

First point, Where the heck did that 63 percent came from? The iPhone 14 is about 38% faster. With much larger die size, and larger cache.

Second point implies ARM is lying. When ARM is the only company that gives precise reading of their benchmarks and ISO performance. How about asking that from any other manufacturers.

My guess is that for hardware you should ignore Ars and only read Anandtech or other site who goes into deep dive. Ars is fast becoming Engadget or just another blog.

[dagmx]

I really wish Ars would let Ron Amadeo go, or PiP him. Their other writers are much better.

He’s woefully technically inept, his articles often have unchecked errors like this and he jumps to bombastic conclusions like the whole Samsung ROM size issue.

Almost certainly, when I see complaints about writing on Ars, it’s a Ron piece.

[arp242]

But who will obsess over bezel sizes?! I need to know about the bezel sizes from Ron!

At this point it would almost be a good idea to bring Peter Bright back to replace him. Almost...