Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

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NAS - Now at the distributor/retail level you could test for speed assuming the manufacturer downbinned parts for marketing reasons. At that point someone could cherry pick. Of course that only matters to the retailer/end user.

Yes, they could do that and I'm sure than many do. That could be called "cherry picking". All parts will perform in excess of their frequency rating if voltage and temperature are well controlled within their ratings. The point is that some people have the idea that Intel or AMD does "cherry picking" of some parts, while at the same time there must be some that aren't "cherry picked" and for the life of me I have no idea what those non "cherry picked" parts would be.