Do you define "brawny" via higher clock frequency or more internal logic (out-of-order execution,prefetching,etc) or both? I would say "both". > Faster process

Do you define "brawny" via higher clock frequency or more internal logic (out-of-order execution,prefetching,etc) or both? I would say "both". > Faster processors are exactly as slow as slower processors when they're stalled - say, because of waiting for memory; But they might not wait as often, because they have bigger caches, better prefetching logic, etc. > Many slow processors are actually faster than few fast ones when stalled, because they're waiting in parallel; Only if your memory supports those parallel accesses. If the memory access is a bottleneck, they might just as well wait for each other. > All this on top of area & power savings of many wimpy cores compared to few brawny ones. The "brawny" cores still have a lot of room to improve their power saving. This fight is not over. I believe reality just stay complex and the answer will be "it depends" forever.