When the conclusion comes first (opens in new tab)

A sponsored benchmark is just an experiment with a sponsor. So read it like one. I read a lot of vendor benchmarks. Most are fine. They are marketing, sure, but the honest ones tell you what they tested, show their work, and let you decide if it maps to your world. Then there are the other ones. The ones where you can feel the conclusion was written before the test was. You read the setup and realize the whole thing was arranged to arrive at a number that was decided in a meeting months earli...