Actually it is not. If a Delta E number is less than 1 between two colors that are not touching, it is barely perceivable by the average human observer.
Very short summary: 0,0 … 0,5 no color difference, 0,5 … 1,0 difference only perceivable for experienced observers. The difference between the 2018 and 2020 model is 0.3:
Literature e.g.:
R. F. Witzel, R. W. Burnham, and J. W. Onley. Threshold and suprathreshold perceptual color differences. J. Optical Society of America, 63:615{625, 1973. 14
William David Wright. A re-determination of the trichromatic coeffients of the spectral colours. Transactions of the Optical Society, 30:141{164, 1928.
G. Wyszecki and G. H. Fielder. New color-matching ellipses. J. Optical Society of America, 61(9):1135{1152, 1971