On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 6:49 PM, Robar Philip <philip.ro...@gmail.com>wrote:
Notice though that its 8 cores are not a win for builds, whereas the build > test is one of the few tests where the core i7 2600K really separates itself > from the rest of the pack—being almost 30% faster than its nearest > competitor and 50% faster than the rest of the pack. > > Does anyone have any idea as to why the core i7 is such a win for builds? > > Phil Hyper-threading, which was reintroduced with the Core i7 / Nehalem chips, combined with techniques like branch-execution prediction and higher clock speeds make the Intel offering more powerful; but, of course, more expensive. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyper-threading Regards, -- .\\ark _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss