I'm annoyed at how AMD is calling Bulldozer an 8 core CPU. The reality of the matter is that it is a glorified quad core.
I'm wondering if we should start discussing CPUs based on transistor count or sheer FLOP and integer throughput.
SickBeast's math:
Bulldozer has 12 cores (8 integer units, 4 floating point units)
Phenom II X6 has 12 cores (6 INT, 6 FPU)
Sandy Bridge has 8 cores (4 INT, 4 FPU)
Phenom II X4 has 8 cores (4 INT, 4 FPU)
Core i3 has 4 cores (2 INT, 2 FPU)
The limiting factor in all of those chips is the FPU, therefore:
BD has 4 cores
SB has 4 cores
PIIX6 has 6 cores
PIIX4 has 4 cores
SB Xeon has 6 cores
SB i3 has 2 cores
I just needed to get that off my chest. It annoys me that they're able to get away with misrepresenting how many actual cores Bulldozer has. The thing is effectively a quad core IMO.
As an aside, SB would be quite fitting considering my name. :thumbsup::thumbsup:
I'm wondering if we should start discussing CPUs based on transistor count or sheer FLOP and integer throughput.
SickBeast's math:
Bulldozer has 12 cores (8 integer units, 4 floating point units)
Phenom II X6 has 12 cores (6 INT, 6 FPU)
Sandy Bridge has 8 cores (4 INT, 4 FPU)
Phenom II X4 has 8 cores (4 INT, 4 FPU)
Core i3 has 4 cores (2 INT, 2 FPU)
The limiting factor in all of those chips is the FPU, therefore:
BD has 4 cores
SB has 4 cores
PIIX6 has 6 cores
PIIX4 has 4 cores
SB Xeon has 6 cores
SB i3 has 2 cores
I just needed to get that off my chest. It annoys me that they're able to get away with misrepresenting how many actual cores Bulldozer has. The thing is effectively a quad core IMO.
As an aside, SB would be quite fitting considering my name. :thumbsup::thumbsup:
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