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Is it possible to pull the RUG from under these numbers? Comment Intel has taken fresh aim at arch-rival AMD, this month briefing tech journos on benchmarks showing Ryzen-powered laptops not only slowing down when unplugged from mains power but also losing to Intel's latest Core microprocessors whether on battery supply or not. The results are seemingly damning, though are they to be believed? Let's look at the data. The benchmarks used by Intel fell into two categories: synthetic third-party benchmarks, like PCMark and Cinebench; and ones desig