There is no chance the sustained single core perf is better than a 150=200+w ryzen with a big noctua cooler on it. The power draw alone would kill the battery in a few minutes(?), and the heat would make it catch fire. lol
A20 Pro scores around 4725 at 8.9w. Geekerwan's review showed that the iPhone 18 pro could dissipate as much as 6.4w during long gaming tests. Cutting power by 50% likely still keeps around 80% of the clockspeed.
As 9950x scores around 3400-3450 in geekbench, or around 28% slower.
There's a very good chance that the iPhone single thread performance is genuinely faster even during sustained loads.
So whatever your argument is, it doesn't make much sense.
The M6 is based on A20 Pro and it sustains its performance in a Mac Mini indefinitely - likely longer than Ryzens.
>Single core performance still worse than an iPhone.
I can believe the core with active cooling can sustain good performance at least, but not in the IPhone.