Apple's A19 Pro beats Ryzen 9 9950X in single-thread Geekbench tests — iPhone 17 Pro chip packs 11-12% CPU performance bump, GPU performance up 37% over predecessor
Apple's A19 Pro beats Ryzen 9 9950X in single-thread Geekbench tests — iPhone 17 Pro chip packs 11-12% CPU performance bump, GPU performance up 37% over predecessor

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Apple's A19 Pro beats Ryzen 9 9950X in single-thread Geekbench tests — iPhone 17 Pro chip packs 11-12% CPU performance bump, GPU performance up 37% over predecessor

Not surprising when you have closed architecture and have no problems replacing your entire system for any kind of an upgrade.
Raw performance comparisons between something like a Ryzen 9 and Apple silicon is misleading. It's not wrong nor is it a "scam", it's just not taking many important differences into account.