I could read it 1000 times and it won't make it any less delusional.
There is a reason the XSX has fixed clocks. It's because Microsoft know they can power and cool it at that frequency. They have the "paper budget" required.
Sony has directly confirmed that they cannot do that. So you can only calculate down from 10.28, and never, ever, upwards.
I'm trying to think that you're not trolling.
The push Dodkrake is referring to is performance improvement based on the I / O controller, coherence engines, and cache correctors that will decrease wait times on CUs by improving occupancy (Dodkrake has valued this occupancy improvement 8-10% compared to without them).
On the other hand, Smart Shift is a system that exchanges the energy budget between CPU and GPU, clocks are not synonymous with energy expenditure. There are functions that spend more than others even with clocks at maximum.
In a system without Smart Shift if you exceed this fixed budget because you are using very complex functions in the GPU the result is that you must abandon the design or find another way to do it, even if the CPU is not spending its energy budget.
Smart Shift allows you to take it from one to another, this versatility could allow you not to abandon the design and therefore do something that was impossible possible.
I don't understand how something that improves the capabilities of a system is a bad thing. In Road to PS5 Markt Cerny PS5 designer said that the clocks will remain at maximum as long as necessary since the granularity will be 2ms of change. In case of having to lower them due to excessive use of energy and heat generation, the clocks would drop by 2%, consuming 10% less energy. That is, from 10.26 Tflops to 10 Tflops.
I guess you know that no console so far is capable of turning on all of its transistors simultaneously, as this will possibly cause a console blackout due to temperature and power.
I don't think XSX is any different, out of all the console designs so far, not having Smart Shift is just a downside that doesn't allow you to better use the hardware you've purchased. Therefore, now that you are already informed, you can visit the official Smart Shift page to get more information, and if you want, you can also see Road to PS5.
In this way you will be in a better position to understand each hardware and choose the one you like best. My recommendation, let yourself be carried away by the games and forget about the hardware.
Sorry for the text wall and I hope the translator is working fine.