This is a criticism that has been made of consumer computing since its inception: Even if you're versed in the technical details, you can still get misled.
In all cases it helps to know your must-haves and prioritize accordingly, given that it's rarely the case that you can "just" get the new one and be happy: even if it benchmarks well, if it isn't reliable or the software you want to run isn't compatible, it'll be a detriment. So you might as well wait for reviews to flesh out those details unless you are deadset on being an early adopter. The specs say very little about the whole of the experience.
I actually hate the idea of having a high-end GPU for personal use these days. It imposes a larger power and cooling requirement, which just adds more problems. I am looking to APUs for my next buy - the AMD 4000G series looks to be bringing in graphics performance somewhere between GT 1030 and GTX 1050 equivalent which is fine for me, since I mostly bottleneck on CPU load in the games I play now(hello Planetside 2's 96 vs 96 battles, still too intense for my 2017 gaming laptop) and these APUs now come in 6 and 8 core versions with the competitive single-thread performance of more recent Zen chips. I already found recordings of the 2000G chips running this game at playable framerates, so two generations forward I can count on being a straight up improvement. The only problem is availability - OEMs are getting these chips first.
In all cases it helps to know your must-haves and prioritize accordingly, given that it's rarely the case that you can "just" get the new one and be happy: even if it benchmarks well, if it isn't reliable or the software you want to run isn't compatible, it'll be a detriment. So you might as well wait for reviews to flesh out those details unless you are deadset on being an early adopter. The specs say very little about the whole of the experience.
I actually hate the idea of having a high-end GPU for personal use these days. It imposes a larger power and cooling requirement, which just adds more problems. I am looking to APUs for my next buy - the AMD 4000G series looks to be bringing in graphics performance somewhere between GT 1030 and GTX 1050 equivalent which is fine for me, since I mostly bottleneck on CPU load in the games I play now(hello Planetside 2's 96 vs 96 battles, still too intense for my 2017 gaming laptop) and these APUs now come in 6 and 8 core versions with the competitive single-thread performance of more recent Zen chips. I already found recordings of the 2000G chips running this game at playable framerates, so two generations forward I can count on being a straight up improvement. The only problem is availability - OEMs are getting these chips first.