So I've been running a ryzen CPU for a bit now while I was previously running a recent Intel 13th gen. The ryzen is faster but for various reasons that isn't a fair comparison. One thing that is immediately striking however is how both processors look in task manager.

On the ryzen, when a process runs a job it tends to stick to a single core. Just pegs one at 100% until it's done. The Intel hops all fucking over the place. Handing the job off constantly to other cores and it looks like all cores are 10% busy. I have no idea why they would do this but it has to destroy caching efficiency. I assume something related to keeping individual cores cooler. Despite the much higher clock speed on the Intel I suspect that's why there's so much more latency apparent when using it.