AMD Launches Ryzen 7000 Series Desktop Processors with Zen 4 Architecture 4 years ago
Base clocks are largely irrelevant. These things will run way above or way above that clock speed when appropriate.
Furthermore, architecture determines what frequency can be achieved. Designers can choose to sacrifice IPC to increase frequency, or vice-versa. We could build a machine with ridiculously high IPC if you don't mind it running at 1 MHz.