AMD cannot beat Intel OR NVidia at the same process node
check out the horrible performance of their top graphics card compared to an 8nm NVidia
It's crap
First off, AMD's top GPU performance is slightly lower, either equal or better than NV top GPU's (depending on the game) at lower power draw and they cost less (except 6800, but its performance is also good deal higher than 3070) - which is actually quite amazing when you consider the precarious position AMD was just a few years ago, and are competing against both Intel and NV (both of whom have much more resources).
Also, I've noticed that new games make use of AMD's gpu's better compared to older games (which also benefit from the more gaming oriented uArch in RDNA 2).
Furthermore, considering the new GPU's have only been out for a brief amount of time, the drivers had no real time to mature just yet - and the performance is ALREADY excellent.
They only have an advantage over Intel on core count and process
This statement is not substantiated at all.
Zen 2 is already better than Intel's 10th gen IPC-wise... the only thing is Intel can easily clock to 5GhZ and beyond - at the expense of massive power draw - which gives similar or same performance in clock sensitive software really (and Zen 3 is easily outclassing everything from Intel, even Rocket Lake).
Rocket lake is a ridiculous disappointment. And Zen 3 has 19% IPC advantage over Zen 2.
In essence, AMD is superior to Intel in pure IPC, core count, process node and efficiency - at same or lower price point (and comes with backwards compatibility, so you end up spending less money for CPU upgrades).
Try comparing the same core count at the same manufacturing process
Intel still kicks AMD to the curb
Considering that AMD doesn't have the same manufacturing process, you'd be comparing apples and oranges.
And even if both had the same manuf. process, we know that both Intel and TSMC measure their manuf. processes differently... so, again, you're stuck with different comparisons and uArchs really.
AMD went from 14nm to 7nm in just 2 years.
Intel has been sitting on 14nm node for a LONG time and ended up refining it to such a degree where they were able to clock it pretty high - again, at the expense of massive power consumption.
Do a fair comparison and see what happens
Fine. Intel loses in most metrics when it comes to multi-core performance against Zen 2 (and single-core is only by a small margin in favor of Intel). Zen 3 smashes Intel in single core performance while maintaining multi-core superiority with lower power draw and same or lower prices... not even factory OC can save Intel anymore, and defending it at this point is actually sad and demonstrated lack of updated information on your end.
5nm EUV is even making Apple's M1 look good, but like Apple, AMD's advantage is temporary
Credit should go to the process
Process improvements are all well and good, and yet, with Zen 3, AMD managed to gain pure IPC increase of 19% over Zen 2 on the SAME manuf. process.
Same with RDNA 2 (it gained OVER 50% increase in terms of performance per watt compared to Navi).
So, manuf. process isn't everything.