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What is significant is that an AMD processor manages to outperform a top-of-the-line Intel processor, both having 8 cores running at 3 GHz. Said Intel processor
by mrb 10y ago
What is significant is that an AMD processor manages to outperform a top-of-the-line Intel processor, both having 8 cores running at 3 GHz. Said Intel processor (i7-6900K) sells for $1090... This is something AMD has not managed to do in years. I agree the title is click-baity but this is a significant development.
The big unknown though is... did AMD cherry-pick a benchmark to show themselves in the best possible light, or did they pick a benchmark representative of the overall Zen vs Intel perf difference?
- mrb 10y agoAnd the second big unknown is pricing. It doesn't matter if the 3 GHz Zen only "slightly" beats a 3 GHz Broadwell-E. If it is cheaper and/or more power efficient, then Zen is a winner.
- nisa 10y agoIt's Blender CPU rendering - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hr-5NM6cO8g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hr-5NM6cO8g If true this is quite an accomplishment. Blender is FPU heavy.