Before Ryzen AMD was way behind for many years and Intel didn't have to compete. TDP was lower for a long time. The previous big run achieving speed by pushing power was in the Pentium 4 era if I remember correctly.
Yeah I was going to say, this reminds me of the Pentium 4 days when Intel ran into problems with both maxing out the clock speed and their huge instruction pipeline. I just want a machine that can perform well under pressure, but doesn't double as a space heater while idle...