There are generational performance leaps, and then there is pure marketing. The Core i9 series has so far been leaning towards the latter in terms of raw performance. In some cases, the CPU may even be slower than the Core i7.
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Some-Intel-Core-i9-laptops-are-not-running-any-faster-than-a-Core-i7.317268.0.html
Exactly true! I see the macpro 15inch 2018 review by dave lee and it showed that the i9 core throttle so hard and underperformed badly..
Of course it does. There's nothing surprising about this situation when manufacturers are putting a chip that belongs in a DTR into something a third of an inch thick
I7 9750H is the one ...
Mine @4,65 with -180 mV
Cinebench r15 1415 multi and 184 single core test
Outperforming i9 i7 all !
Predator 300 2019 ...