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Userbenchmark - the April Fools that never ends

2kliksphilip
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1 HN user recommended this commentary1 month2021–2024 score 1
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HN uses it as the go-to link to warn people not to trust UserBenchmark for hardware comparisons.

2kliksphilip examines UserBenchmark, a hardware comparison site known for strongly biased, pro-Intel writing. The video explains the site's credibility problems and points viewers to better sources for CPU and GPU information.

“There's a great video about the site here for those who are curious” (HN, 2021)

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@exciteabletom May 2021 Recommends
on HN thread Is your son a computer hacker? (2001)
What's even stranger is that they were actually favourable to 1st gen Ryzen processors when they came out. On their 1800x review[0] they call it: "A very welcome shake-up of the CPU market" Then they did a complete 180 when AMD actually shook up the CPU market. Perhaps the site's owner changed? There's a great video about the site here for those who are curious: [this video] 0: [link]
Explains the site's bias and credibility problems

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@GaggiX Aug 2023 Pushes back
on HN thread Making AMD GPUs competitive for LLM inference
It has been a while since I saw anyone send a Userbenchmark link. Userbenchmark is not a site with a good reputation, you can find many reasons online why this is, but I guess the site moderators just ignore it by pretending it's "Advanced Marketing", meanwhile even the CPU competitor of AMD has banned the site from their subreddit, one of my favorite explanation [this video] but there are of course more recent ones.
@asmor Oct 2023 Pushes back
on HN thread Intel Launches Arc A580: A $179 Graphics Card for 1080p Gaming
Userbenchmark are an incredibly biased website towards Intel (vs. AMD), so much so that the Intel subreddit banned them. This is less obvious in how they change the weighting of the benchmark, but their AMD reviews are downright comedic, where everyone but them it bought by AMD and they are the last bastion of honesty. They might actually be more anti-AMD than pro-Intel, considering GPU reviews before Intel entered the market are also always 3/4 complaining that AMD bought everyone off. See also: Userbenchmark - the April Fools that never ends (2kliksphilip) [this video]

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