AMD cuts to the core with 'Bulldozer' Opterons

[Helmore]

If BD is JUST 10~30% faster than current K10.5, then I'm afraid that it could be another i7 vs K10.5 when facing SB

A single BD module will be 10 to 30% faster than a dual core K10.5, but keep in mind that this single BD module is about the same size as a single Sandy Bridge core and maybe even smaller than this. Just my guess though. For multithreaded software this means that a single BD module will be 120 to 160% faster than a single K10.5 core. Quite a leap in performance.

^nice, i wish though they did a bit more comparing the die space to other chips, instead of just itself.

I agree with you, but we can always do some guesswork.

We should judge how this chip will perform once it's launched though, not from what we think to know so far.