> If we rescale (by double!) the vertical axis to fit here, a pretty amazing picture emerges:
That second chart with the "amazing" redline is comparing it to 2010 through 2017 era CPUs. Now compare it to a current generation zen3 based $599 AMD CPU in a $350 motherboard with $450 of RAM.
Or a $599 Intel 12th-gen "core" series.
For $3999 nevermind $7999 you can build one real beast of a workstation that fits in a normal midtower ATX case.
That second chart with the "amazing" redline is comparing it to 2010 through 2017 era CPUs. Now compare it to a current generation zen3 based $599 AMD CPU in a $350 motherboard with $450 of RAM.
Or a $599 Intel 12th-gen "core" series.
For $3999 nevermind $7999 you can build one real beast of a workstation that fits in a normal midtower ATX case.