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They became super popular with Apple fanboys because before they made the transition to Apple Silicon, they were effectively giant, expensive paper weights. In fact, the onboard Intel Iris GPU couldn't even draw Launchpad's animations without stutter when connected to a 4K display. This was a $2k machine with 1% GPU power. Literally. I think they were on par with Chrome Books.
The saving grace was the connectivity speed. Thunderbolt 3. Which meant you could eke out 60% of the card you're using provided it was faster than the lane could handle.
The article is just ad bait, because it's a pretty simple graph to calculate and graphic card makers have the industry (as is much of every sector) so price fixed that there are no "secret" finds anymore.