Thursday, May 24th 2007

Intel responds to Barcelona benchmarks

In response to AMD's Barcelona benchmarks Intel demoed its V8 platform. Two quad core Xeons at 3GHz with 16GB RAM score an impressive 4933 pixels per second in POV-Ray. In comparison AMD's quad quad core Barcelona (16 cores total) score just over 4000 pixels per second. Even though AMD did not mention the clockspeed and said the final version will run faster AMD still uses 16 cores while Intel uses 8. Of course Barcelona is not yet a final product, Intel is not impressed though.
Besides that Intel also demoed a Penryn which outperformed the current top of the line quad cores by 40%, quite impressive.
Source: Überpulse
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94 Comments on Intel responds to Barcelona benchmarks

#51
tkpenalty
jocksteelukthe true winner of these battles is the consumer, keep up the good work intel
At least intel is honourable, using straightforward tactics.
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#52
Fox34
Intel just needs to give AMD a break because if AMD loses out, we as consumers are screwed if theres no competetor. Yes it would be a monopoly but Intel would find away out and sell for as high as prices as they want./
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#53
GJSNeptune
Intel doesn't care about our wallets. Corporations don't mind kicking people in the face when they're already on the ground.
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#54
Fox34
which is why we need AMD still going
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#55
GJSNeptune
Right. Just saying, Intel doesn't need to give them a break to save us. They don't care about us.
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#56
Fox34
Yea and I guess you have to see it from both sides, why should Intel do that when its a buines and they make money, pretty straightforward. But for us consumers we Need AMD to live sowe arent going to pay an arm and a leg for a proc
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#60
suraswami
Last I heard that Intel stole few bastards from AMD and got out with Core 2.

What ever Intel releases I will not even think of buying in my dreams. I am a strong supporter of AMD. All my PCs are AMD. I wish I got a AMD at work!!

Remember those days when AMD was under dog to Intel and was making CPUs for Intel? Remember how bad they were treated??
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#61
Deleted member 3
suraswamiLast I heard that Intel stole few bastards from AMD and got out with Core 2.
Luckily you agree that the people at AMD are bastards :)
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#62
Fox34
So are you saying that Intel had engineers from AMD help make the core 2
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#63
Zero Cool
DanTheBanjomanLuckily you agree that the people at AMD are bastards :)
lol

bastard:
One born without married parents.
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#64
GJSNeptune
Zero Coollol

bastard:
One born without married parents.
It's also a fun word to sling at people, irregardless of their parents. :D
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#65
Deleted member 3
Zero Coollol

bastard:
One born without married parents.
bas·tard /ˈbæstərd/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[bas-terd] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun
1. a person born of unmarried parents; an illegitimate child.
2. Slang.
a. a vicious, despicable, or thoroughly disliked person: Some bastard slashed the tires on my car.
b. a person, esp. a man: The poor bastard broke his leg.
3. something irregular, inferior, spurious, or unusual.
4. bastard culverin.
–adjective
5. illegitimate in birth.
6. spurious; not genuine; false: The architecture was bastard Gothic.
7. of abnormal or irregular shape or size; of unusual make or proportions: bastard quartz; bastard mahogany.
8. having the appearance of; resembling in some degree: a bastard Michelangelo; bastard emeralds.
9. Printing. (of a character) not of the font in which it is used or found.
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#66
GJSNeptune
DanTheBanjomanbas·tard /ˈbæstərd/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[bas-terd] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun
a. a vicious, despicable, or thoroughly disliked person: Some bastard slashed the tires on my car.
Bingo!
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#67
d44ve
GJSNeptuneBingo!
I dont think you really get the humor and irony of my signature
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#68
GJSNeptune
d44veI dont think you really get the humor and irony of my signature
No, I did. Maybe you didn't get mine. ;)
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#69
d44ve
No, I understand what you are TRYING to do.

You are from OHIO....I understand you cant comprehend some things lol
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#70
Fox34
Ok besides highjacking this thread lol. So does someone have a link to the benchies, like the most legit link?
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#71
GJSNeptune
d44veNo, I understand what you are TRYING to do.

You are from OHIO....I understand you cant comprehend some things lol
You're the one giving possession to 'quote.' ;)
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#72
suraswami
DanTheBanjomanLuckily you agree that the people at AMD are bastards :)
YES, they sent all the BASTARDS into INTEL CAMP. THEY are called TORPEDOS. Eventually they will did their grave and INTELs:D
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#73
Fox34
lol the quote thing in Neptunes sig is pretty funny:laugh:
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#74
WarEagleAU
Bird of Prey
That is a new one to me, about AMD building chips for Intel (while back) and also about a few folks from AMD coming to Israel to work on a second chip for Intel.

The story reported, in MaximumPC and CPU magazine and at least a dozen others, is that Intel, shortly after AMD released the 64 processor, had two independent teams working on the next P4 successor chip (or whatever PX chip it was). One team came with Netburst, and of course, we all know how that ended. The other team started over from scratch. Something unheard of. They built off the centrino technology and pentium M technology and thus C2D was born. The only thing Intel lacks to completely compete with AMD is integrated memory architecture. Apparently, this is coming in the Penryn. AMD better take a few queues from Intel and try some of their new architecture out.
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#75
Deleted member 3
WarEagleAUThat is a new one to me, about AMD building chips for Intel (while back) and also about a few folks from AMD coming to Israel to work on a second chip for Intel.

The story reported, in MaximumPC and CPU magazine and at least a dozen others, is that Intel, shortly after AMD released the 64 processor, had two independent teams working on the next P4 successor chip (or whatever PX chip it was). One team came with Netburst, and of course, we all know how that ended. The other team started over from scratch. Something unheard of. They built off the centrino technology and pentium M technology and thus C2D was born. The only thing Intel lacks to completely compete with AMD is integrated memory architecture. Apparently, this is coming in the Penryn. AMD better take a few queues from Intel and try some of their new architecture out.
Centrino isn't a technology, it is a label for a system that has a certain set of hardware. Pentium M wasn't exactly from scratch either, it's based on the Tualatin. As for AMD making Intel chips, new to me as well. They did make Intel clones until Intel launched the Pentium. They kept using it's socket for a long time though.
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