[Microprocessor Forum] 8 Intel cores faster than 16 AMD cores! (video)
Story posted on: May 22, 2007
If you take 16 cores at 1.8Ghz, divided by 2 and add 60% to get to 3.0Ghz, it gives POV-Ray score of 3600 for 8 cores. Meaning that at 3.0GHz, Barcelona still lose by quite some compare to an 8 cores Clowertown system.
"Why do you need 16 cores, when you can do better with 8. Our 8 core system is 30% faster than the 16 core machine AMD showed to the press yesterday. I just don't understand how they can claim to be 40% faster", said Francois Piednoel, an Intel engineer present at the show.Well, now AMD has some explanation to do and sooner rather than later. Because if they can't figure out what happened with those POV-Ray results they showed us, that's the end of it. At the show, Intel also demoed a system with a 45nm Penryn quad-core processor (shipping by year end, about the same time than Barcelona!) that is 40% faster than the top of the line quad-core generation, the Core 2 Extreme processor QX6800. Wow!
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#0, BULLCRAP , le 25/05/07 12:02 PM
how did intel get its hands on barcelona? It isnt even out yet. WTF was actually in the amd box? because intel is know for its fed up marketing with testing older crap from amd to newer stuff from their company which is a load of BULLCRAP
#1, fastpunk , le 25/05/07 4:51 PM
I wouldn\'t worry about it. Intel is not exactly the most reliable source.
#2, denis , le 26/05/07 4:11 AM
AMD said the barcelona chip will outperform intels Cloverton chip by 50% fp and 20% int , clock for clock !So here goes .....
3 ghz div by 1.8 = 1.666 recuring
about 2000 pixels X 1.666 = 3333.333 pixels per sec recuring
NOW ! a 50 % increase on 3333.3333 = 5000
Thats with AMD\'s prediction/assumption on its Barcelona chips performance over cloverton and doesn\'t take into account an increase in performance of Barcelonas memory subsytem vs fb-dimms.
Also do the same calculations for 20 % int and the result YOU WILL FIND is somewhere between 20 and 50 % over the dual cloverton score.
#3, Cheetah , le 26/05/07 7:14 AM
The author of this article is a complete .
How about you compare results on actual working AMD silicone when Barcelona/Agena are released?
dumb man really dumb...
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