Yes, Intel Xeon is more performant and cost-effective than Graviton2 for many common workloads. Other claims about Intel performance in the AWS cloud are misleading. There are a few key technical differences affecting performance results. Newer generations of Intel processors in AWS instances beat those results and when per-core performance is compared, Intel leads for many common workloads.[f:See intel.com/performanceindex (39), (40), (41), (42). Pricing information from Northern California Region, March 13, 2021 https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/pricing/on-demand/. Takes into account average discount of 20% on Graviton2.]