I don't know the last time I thought about performance in a productivity laptop. I think the question that needs to be answered here is how much performance you actually need.
Now, you can get a bit more performance from some extra wattage, but you'll either need to sacrifice battery life to get it, or the OEM needs to include a larger battery to compensate. You just got a high-end 28W SKU that really only shipped in MacBooks (back when Macs shipped with Intel). It's kind of interesting because until Intel's 12th-generation shipped, there was no 28W tier for laptops.
