Don Dailey wrote:
> I am surprised to hear that as I thought the i7 was a clear advance (clock
> for clock single core) over the older core 2 duo processors.

It isn't. Some programs do better, some do worse. Programs which can run
almost entirely out of L1 cache often do worse.


> Are you saying that the advancement is mostly in MP efficiency?

The main advantages are the option of two threads per core, much faster main
memory access, and somewhat higher clock speeds.

-M-
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