Please forgive the novice question, but I am curious if any of Mathematica's functionality might see improved performance using the new AVX-512 extensions available using Skylake-X (recently announced by Intel). In other words, does any part of Mathematica's functionality use AVX extensions to enhance performance, and therefore might perform even better with AVX-512?

As a non-computer scientist, I've often wondered if functions with the Listable attribute achieve their amazing performance by using AVX extensions, or some other computer science "wizardry."

As I contemplate purchasing new hardware in the next 12 months, I'd really like to know if purchasing Intel is worth the price premium over the new AMD Ryzen chips. Mathematica's performance is one of the major deciding factors for my decision, and I do rely heavily on code the takes advantage of low-level listability.

Any comments / speculation / warnings are appreciated! Thank you.