Core i3 vs. Phenom II X3 "clock-4-clock"

[ajaidev]

i also think AMD should be making the move to L3less chips, the die space is costing them way too much. i could live with <10% less performance for >30% price reduction.

i just think that its funny to compare the first 45nm AMD chips with the first 32nm Intel chips. if they did the comparison right, the intel one should stomp amds in every way. its a year old and on a dying platform. instead we see a near matching comparison. (i am NOT saying they are the same in every way, im just saying the review makes it look that way)

If the AMD ones were x2's and not x3 it would have been stomped.

Also talking about athlon X4's the 620 does work out to be very comparative with the i5 661 than the i3 530 like in these benchs:

the 2 cpu's seem roughly equal, how do they compare pricewise?

i3 530 - $113
X3 720 - $125
X4 630 - $115
X4 620 - $99

Cheapest 785 with side port - $65
Cheapest P55 - $85