Official AMD Barcelona Thread

[Periander6]

http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/results/rint2006.html

If you consult the table you will see that that score of 101 is achived by a Dual xeon X5355 machine. He is comparing one Barcelona versus 2 Xeon.
That man is ridiculous.

Oh, please. Go to AMD's own page:

http://multicore.amd.com/us-en/AMD-M...rformance.aspx

and you will see that AMD has clarified it's own comparison. Read the fine print at the bottom of the slides.

Dual-CPU Quad-Core AMD Opteron processor estimates based on internal AMD simulations at 2.6GHz

Of course, the idea that this was anything but a dual socket against dual socket comparison is ridiculous, but I guess there is no limit on the ridiculous statements some fanboys will make if you don't spell everything out.