Quote Originally Posted by LOE View Post
So you mean barcelona is slower clock for clock comparing to K8 in the TPC-C SQL2000 test? Cause it is 40% faster with 53% higher clock?

Dunno, it seems strange to me...

I wonder why AMD had to make barcelona, if it is only ~10% faster clock for clock on average. 10% IPC increase is nothing as long as you keep in mind K8 goes to 3Ghz and K10 doesn't......
One word. Some stupid person had to put the company in a lock on Native quad. A K8 MCM quadcore at 2.5-2.7Ghz (With maybe a few special 3Ghz) would have been a very good thing (And massively cheaper to make). And AMD seems to have lots of issues scaling clocks on 65nm.

K10=prescott.