Quote Originally Posted by Final8ty View Post
SP is single thread & its a well known fact that intel cpu quad does single thread better most of the time.
Fair enough. Let's compare multi-threaded. At my summer overclocks (9500 @ 2.4GHz and E4400 @ 3.1GHz), when Folding@Home with the SMP client (on project 2665 if you're familiar with F@H), the C2D beats the Phenom by right at 100 points per day. When taken in context with the amount the Phenom produces (~1250ppd with that project), the C2D beats it out by 8%.

Alternatively, on a different project (2653), the 9500 reverses that and beats the C2D by 100ppd. Unfortunately, the average production is higher (~1850ppd), so even when the quad core beats out the dual, it's only by 5.4%.

This could be an incorrect assumption, but I'd think having two more cores crunching should out-do a 700MHz overclock advantage. When you consider a Q6600 can OC just as far (and more) as my E4400, Intel is just superior when it comes to crunching.

All of this is not to denigrate AMD, just prove my earlier point that they have work to do. I want AMD to come out ahead. I like their product and their company. I especially like that their unlocked multipliers don't cost over a thousand bucks. This 9500 build is the first AMD for me and it has made me a fan; I like the 'feel' of it, if you will and believe it or not, I like the challenge of their overclock even if it's not as far as I'd like. They've got their work cut out for them...and I'll be rooting for them all the way!