All core boost clocks are more important, and base clocks on AMD are so far better than Intel to begin with, they don’t need to chase those peaks. An AMD 9950X runs 5.5-5.7 stable and Intel 14900ks (whatever that peak model is) runs 6ghz+ unstable it’s an obvious choice. The difference in benchmarks at this edge is <5% across every application. I really don't want AMD chasing intel down the hell-hole of hot cpu's pulling more wattage than a microwave. Intel has to do that because they are behind the curve in process maturity (still).

Base clocks on AMD are over 1GHZ higher than Intel. 4.4ghz base on a 9950x vs 3.2ghz on the i7-14900k and that exists across both companies lineups. I'd rather they got better binning and reliable clocks that chase the last few % points of winning. They already are imho. And competition is good.