How, exactly, is Intel more “balanced”? WTF does that even mean?

I’d honestly say that Intel loses that metric on power consumption alone.

https://www.reddit.com/r/hardware/comments/x49nvq/intels_gpu_driver_development_was_disrupted_by/

And they did it during the toughest time out there. A pandemic with poor economic outcome.

And a war that cause the relocation of the team responsible for the Arc drivers (in Russia) due to sanctions.