Does Apple's M5 Max Really "Destroy" a 96-Core Threadripper?
Summary
Slashdot references Tom's Hardware's front-page claim that the Apple M5 Max defeats a 96-core Ryzen Threadripper in Geekbench 6, but notes that Geekbench 6's multicore tests poorly scale beyond a few cores. The post cites a Dev.to breakdown and questions sensational headlines and benchmarking practices in hardware reviews.