> Regarding the benchmarks linked by you, they do not seem so bad as they really are only because they are not compared with x86 CPUs or with any ARM CPU more recent than the 10-year old and obsolete Cortex-A72, which is many times slower than modern ARM CPU cores

"why do you compare 15y.o. chess GM against 15y.o. Carlsen instead of world champion he is today? if you do you'll see how pathetic performance actually is"

everything gets a weight category. immature architecture gets benched against immature state of architecture. narrow OoO gets compared against narrow OoO

check in 4 more years for results closer to frontline - but where we are, theoretical worries did not come to pass