carlos v, substantiate your claim by some actual video tests, not subjective standpoint that tilts slightly towards amd, it seems to me, because you're equating the two, while there is no comparison.
(btw. i did a lot of such testing back in the day, so who's stopping you? but atm HEVC doesn't really interest me, i don't need it, btu you go right ahead and prove me and MSU lab wrong!)
if you've read the link, it's about MSU lab test not just intel hype.
so there, you need to show x265 beats intel, ie unlike MSU tests showed. use whatever preset you wish, but if you use slowest x265 preset ("x265 -placebo" it's called), u should also use slowest intel options.
offcourse, perhaps intel just payed to MSU lab to be a winner, but there...