I've used one in person. I would say that it has crossed the threashold. I've only played w/ it using a microSD card. Whilst the microSD card slot now has support for high-speed SDR104 mode (roughly twice as fast as the Pi4), I can only imagine that speeds will increase when connecting SSDs via PCIe.
They like to use JS benchmarking to do this. I forgot which exact benchmark they usesed (sorry)! The RPI4 was benchmarking ~50, the PI5 was scoring about ~130. They were saying the RPI5 was scoring equivalent to a 2015 MacBook Air.
They like to use JS benchmarking to do this. I forgot which exact benchmark they usesed (sorry)! The RPI4 was benchmarking ~50, the PI5 was scoring about ~130. They were saying the RPI5 was scoring equivalent to a 2015 MacBook Air.