CMIIW, isn't that RaptorLake still using 10nm and Ryzen 7 using 5nm ? How can processor that so much behind in production process can overtake the much more advanced production process ?
Is the 5nm not live up to its name or is the Intel Fabs so much superior than TSMC's ?
Somebody, enlighten me please
To make a very light paralel, it's the same reason why a V6 can make as much power and torque as a V8. You have different ways to build the block, pistons and mixture so the engine can perform differently according to whatever metric and goals you want.
The way Intel optimises their processes (and their goals) are different to TSMCs and other foundries. Materials they use, tools (asterisk here) and tunning; all that turns into hard measures of distance of different elements/parts that, back in the day (probably above 45nm?), were not as important as they are now and actually do affect things which did not before. To name one that's very common to find information about: electro-migration or "tunnel effect" (quantum tunneling) on super low voltages.
I've always had a personal amazement to Intel's fabbing capability and I still do. I mean, we all meme about 14nm, but even with that anchor, the process actually held them for quite a while until they sorted what they called "true 10nm" (caveats, yes). Now they're trying to tweak 10nm and transition to higher density keeping the same overall metrics and goals as always, which is good.
Regards.