[tpurves]

I think it's telling that they are delaying the microcode patch until after all the reviewers publish their Zen5 reviews and the comparisons of those chips against current Raptorlake performance.

[zenonu]

Why even publish a comparison? Raptor Lake processors aren't a functioning product to benchmark against.

[AnthonyMouse]

Because the benchmarks will still exist on the sites after the microcode is released and a lot of the sites won't bother to go back and update them with the accurate performance level.

[tankenmate]

Because if publishers don't publish then they don't make money.