9/24/2012 06:17:00 PM
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Intel has just launched two new Pentium processors. If you were wondering about the performance of these new chips, Intel has prepared a marketing-based performance chart in its own sales kit.
The company has decided to test its new CPUs against older, Sandy Bridge-based processors and against AMD’s Trinity. The problem with Intel’s choice of benchmarks is the fact that the software suite is officially Intel-optimized and clearly can’t scale correctly on AMD’s hardware. The difference between a 1.6 GHz dual-core Trinity and a 1.7 GHz quad-core Trinity is less than 50%, according to Intel’s marketing. We have a hard time believing that doubling the cores, quadrupling the L2 cache, increasing the base frequency by 100 MHz and the Turbo frequency by a whole 600 MHz will result in less than a 100% performance jump. We’re talking about the results that show an AMD A6 dual-core clocked at 1600 MHz and featuring 1MB of L2 cache being just 30% slower than an AMD A8 quad-core Trinity clocked at 1700 MHz and sporting 4MB of L2 cache, CPU-World reports.
An IPC difference between Intel’s Ivy Bridge-based cores and AMD’s Trinity is to be expected and it will be in Intel’s favor when a single core is compared. When comparing a Trinity quad-core with an Intel Pentium dual-core, it’s likely impossible that the dual-core will manifest higher performance while running at comparable frequencies. This is a simple marketing chart and we believe we should wait until real test numbers will surface on the internet rather than making a quick and subjective judgment based only on Intel’s sales material.
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| Intel Core i7 Marketing Shot Image credits to Intel |
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| Intel Pentium 987 and Pentium 2117U Performance Marketing Charts Image credits to CPU-World |
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