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He isn't trying to determine how well it works. He's trying to determine how large it is.
Their post gives the impression that clearly AMD's branch prediction is better, because this one number is bigger. "Once more I am disappointed by Intel"

While it could very well be true that the AMD branch predictor is straight-up better, the data they provided is insufficient for that conclusion.