How did AMD Ryzen get 50% faster in two years?

	How did AMD Ryzen get 50% faster in two years?(lemire.me)
	476 points by ibobev 25 days ago \| 198 comments
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	HN Discussion: ↑Enthusiastic praise for Zen 5 performance and anticipation for Zen 6 ↑Personal testimony of Ryzen/Threadripper outperforming Intel alternatives ↑Ryzen's scalability marks a historic turnaround for AMD comparable to Intel's Core era ↓The 2-year framing is misleading since generations were actually ~4 years apart ~Article omits key factors like the DDR4 to DDR5 memory transition