Quote Originally Posted by bamtan2 View Post
most of you guys aren't reading into this right. the first intel chip is probably a 2500k because that is what amd is competing against. the second one is more expensive than a 2600k yet performs the same in that benchmark, so they chose the more expensive one to make themselves look better. but the real competition is a 2600k, and the data is representative of a 2600k, and that data is all we need to know.

this is not by accident. AMD CHOSE to clock and price these chips to compete well with the intel chips. they KNOW what their competition is, and WE KNOW what their competition is. you guys are spinning in circles, but the comparison is obvious. look clearly between the lines. either AMD competes well or they die, and they usually compete well. the implication of these benchmarks is that bulldozer competes well.
a 2500k is a great perf for its value, but the 2600k is not that much stronger in both single or multithreaded apps but much more expensive. so if AMD is just ahead of 2500k, and just behind 2600k, thats up to 100$ extra revenue per chip if they could get a little more perf out of it. practically every 1% increase in perf at this level could mean 2% more revenue