If single-threaded benchmarks didn't matter, then bulldozer would have easily won with its smaller, less efficient cores (it was actually best for a while at so

If single-threaded benchmarks didn't matter, then bulldozer would have easily won with its smaller, less efficient cores (it was actually best for a while at some very parallel workloads). That said, those numbers aren't particularly bad for a new CPU running un-optimized software. All the important software will be updated soon enough once the compilers are in order.