A gaming benchmark face-off between AMD's Ryzen Z2 Extreme and Intel's Core Ultra 7 258V is surprisingly close, proving once more that Lunar Lake is the best chip Intel has made in years

Even at 17 W, the Ryzen's lead isn't as big as its specs suggest it should be.

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