In principle, 6nm and 5nm belong to the same era or technical level of products, there is no generational difference in essence.
The development of chips has always followed the so-called Moore's Law, which, in a simple sense, is that every 18 months, the number of transistors in a chip will double, bringing a significant increase in performance to the overall chip. At present, if the number of transistors per unit wafer needs to be increased, it needs to reduce the thread width, but there is a misunderstanding here that if the thread width is not reduced enough, in fact, the increase in the number of transistors is very limited, therefore, the improvement of chip performance is also very limited. Therefore, blindly pursuing a small improvement in the process without paying attention to the number of transistors is a misleading or gimmick for the public in the business promotion.
The so-called 6nm and 5nm mentioned here are essentially the same level of technology, and whether there is a difference in performance has to be specific to the overall design of a specific observation period on a chip, rather than looking at the nuances of the process.