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So will the 6 core AMD will outperform i7?
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Caporegime
No it won't be. It'll be basically a 6 core Phenom II.
The i7 killer will be Bulldozer, Thuban is not bulldozer.
The i7 killer will be Bulldozer, Thuban is not bulldozer.
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AMD will still be consistently cheap and Intel will still be consistently exceptional quality.
Soldato
Surely almost any 6 core will be faster than a 4 core, in a similar way to any 4 core is going to be faster than any 2 core, be it AMD or intel...
no entirely true, unless the program or task's utilises all six cores. If the program is only uses 2 cores, then you could have 60 core CPU but it would not make a difference.
Soldato
It depends on what your doing with it. Clock for clock and core for core the i7 should be faster than the new AMD hexacore chips. But that said if use software that is properly threaded and can utilise 6 cores then it will out perform the i7
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if it was faster I'd deffinately consider getting one.
Have to see how it clocks...
Have to see how it clocks...
I would be exceptionally surprised if it didn't.. if you look at the AMD quad core architecture then in the 955 / 965 BE then it is around 10 - 20% slower in multi-task apps than the i7 920.. your adding an additional 40 - 50% grunt to that with an additional two cores..
Price wise it looks like the top end X6 will come in under the i7 920 if some US e-tailors are to be believed
Price wise it looks like the top end X6 will come in under the i7 920 if some US e-tailors are to be believed
Soldato
There are some things AMD can do to improve performance. If they increase the stock northbridge clock the 6 cores will have significant gains, compared to the existing quads.
I doubt they'll beat the i7 in superpi, if that's what floats your boat.
I doubt they'll beat the i7 in superpi, if that's what floats your boat.
Well seeing as superpi is an Intel optimised benchmark I doubt it
The new AMD hex core will have a turbo function much like the i7, so in single thread applications you will get a nice mhz boast on CPU and IMC speeds.. most reviews I have read are suggesting around 400mhz over the stock clock (so 3.4ghz on the top end X6)
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Well seeing as superpi is an Intel optimised benchmark I doubt it
The new AMD hex core will have a turbo function much like the i7, so in single thread applications you will get a nice mhz boast on CPU and IMC speeds.. most reviews I have read are suggesting around 400mhz over the stock clock (so 3.4ghz on the top end X6)
That sounds nice.
So does this mean AMD are swaying towards i7's build style more?
You told me it did
selective mis-information?
it will, ES reviews aren't to far off now anyway so we will soon see
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will they have tri-channel ram for the new chips?
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that's a shame.Still, if they clock well and are priced reasonably, I reckon one of the 6 cores and the Crosshair IV Extreme boards will do me nicely.
a 12 core celeron would probably be slower than a 4 core i7. Its not only about the number of cores
Reminds me of the 'megahertz myth'!
well is some rumour / speculation going around that because the CPU is "power gated" (the technical term for 'turbo' mode) it will also be using something called 'power aware clock grids'.. both were features that were meant to be first seen in the new 32nm Llano (AMD's APU, due for release later this year).. as I understand should mean that these new X6 are very power efficient as the CPU practically shuts down to 1 under-clocked core when grunt isn't required and then provide increased power to individual cores in turbo mode..