AMD silences quad-core critics

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AMD has released benchmark data for its upcoming Barcelona quad-core server processor, and has demonstrated a quad-core Phenom desktop processor running at 3GHz. Barcelona is scheduled to ship in August. Phenom is slated for release in the fourth quarter of this year, although AMD has yet to say at which clock speeds the first chips will run. AMD came under fire last month when it announced that its Barcelona quad-core server processor would ship at 2GHz, sparking speculation that it would not be able to deliver on an earlier promise to outperform Intel's chips.

Intel, by comparison, is shipping a 2.66GHz X5355 Xeon quad-core chip as its fastest server processor and has a 3GHz model for workstations. The chip maker has gained market share in the server market in recent months. AMD boasted at its Technology Analyst Day at its Silicon Valley headquarters that its processor outperformed a 2.33GHz Intel Xeon quad-core processor by 25 per cent in the SPECfp_rate2006 benchmark, and claimed a 30 per cent advantage on the performance-per-watt metric.

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#1 neufuse on 27 Jul 2007 - 11:19

maybe outperforms a 2.33GHz Xeon... but what about a 3GHz Xeon?

#2 Croquant on 27 Jul 2007 - 17:59

Yeah, right, AMD. Looks like they're comparing apples to oranges again.
Show me the benchmarks!

#3 Bosaka on 27 Jul 2007 - 18:46

At least when Intel showed off Core 2 Duo benchmarks they did it against AMD's top chips by shear performance not perf/watt like AMD decided to do with this. What a bunch of lame asses. Release the friken product already! I guess they are afraid we will really find out that their high end will be delayed and we will be forced to look at their mid to low end just like the HD2000 Series Launched.

(1 reply) #4 ishtar on 27 Jul 2007 - 20:05

Ha Ha Ha looks like intel is gonna get another whopping Ha Ha.

#4.1 dhitb on 28 Jul 2007 - 03:07

Not so much...

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Note from the editor:
you are correct. For a brief period of about 2 hours this story incorrectly stated that AMD compared its 2.0 Ghz Barcelona to a 2.66Ghz Xeon. Our appologies for this inaccuracy.

If Barcelona can keep the increased IPC up across the board, not just in one benchmark, it should hold up well against Penryn (although Penryn's smaller process will allow it to scale higher). The fact that they seem to be aiming this presentation at servers and that Barcelona will be Opteron-only in the beginning does not bode well for enthusiast use though.

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#5 Unwonted on 29 Jul 2007 - 18:10

I used AMDs in my computer for a long time (since 1999), but now it's just not practical anymore. Unless they deliver big and deliver soon, my next system is going to be a Core 2 Duo or quad.

#6 el_espaniol on 29 Jul 2007 - 21:54

It seems that is a lot of INTEL junkies there...

...;....Anyway...what to say and don´t be rude...?. I have used some INTEL products , AMD and....VIA´s too...!. At all I think that AMD processors cost-quality equation is FAR best from INTEL , for sure.
Barcelona...??? ...not bad... ;....We will keep an eye at the Bulldozer coming....!!!!