I'm just wondering, how much of this analysis is real? I mean, how much of this analysis is a true weighing up of design decisions and performance, and how much is copy/pasted Intel marketing bumf?
Nothing real. They cherry-pick for what they're trying to sell you this time - advent of 2nd core, +HT, E-cores, -HT, you-name-it-next-time. Without independent benchmark + additional interpretation for your particular workload you can safely ignore all their claims.
That’s typically the question with all marketing (probably cherry-picked) benchmarks. Have to wait until independent reviewers get their hands on them.