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......
Why ? AMD is saying that not me.

K8 is very strong to start with ; you simply can't leap forward by a mile when the bar is already set high.