Am 22. Oct, 2013 schwätzte Kevin Fries so: moin moin,
As a general rule... AMD is generally slower, with more cores. Its by design. Their philosophy
Same number of cores in this case.
is that the speed of a single core is less important than doing concurrent operations. This will not change when they finally release their Seattle Fabric.
I like the idea of more concurrent ops. Currently keeping cores fairly evenly busy :).
That said, they are right or wrong depending on the application. Some applications are more horizontal (can handle lots of concurrent operations in issolation) while some are more vertical (lots of processes that depend on the output of other processes). If your usage is more vertical, you will want those earlier threads finishing faster to get the later threads processing. Therefore Intel will beat AMD, badly. On the other hand, lots of processes, not having to wait, tips the performance scale more into AMD's favor. Looking at both, I find on the whole, Intel's approach tend to be the better one for most individuals.
OK, I'll keep this in mind as I ask about some other options. Danke. ciao, der.hans -- # http://www.LuftHans.com/ http://www.LuftHans.com/Classes/ # "No software design or plan survives contact with reality." # -- Lars Wirzenius, 2012Feb19 http://identi.ca/notice/90842065
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