Comment by Sparkyte

The ability to HT greatly increases the total performance across all cores in an x86 chip. I digress there isn't one better than other, just one more complex than the other. CISC vs RISC and neither are truly CISC or RISC anymore in terms of desktop processors. Each come at their own limits. Apple's M1 custom is great because everyone stopped innovating. It's like if Intel wasn't greedy and funded development it would exceed the M1 in performance and wattage, but 14nm+++++ anyone?