Why is processing a sorted array not faster than an unsorted array in Python?

Question

In this post Why is processing a sorted array faster than random array, it says that branch predicton is the reason of the performance boost in sorted arrays.

But I just

Answer 1

Click here to see more answers and similar question. The reason why the performance improves drastically when the data are sorted is that the branch prediction penalty is removed, as explained beautifully in Mysticial's answer.