Here's a little teaser....

[KTE]

Nobody found or got any new bench for the Barcellonas, guys?

Those 2 bench comparisons I posted compared to what we've seen here were both new from TechReport and 2CPU, as well as the AnandTech that justapost later posted. They're all pretty much the same in conclusion, although the absolute performance figure in all of them are different; clock-per-clock Barcelona server releasing Q4 07 looks better than Penryn server (1600FSB) releasing Q1 08 more often than not. Altogether, it even wins a few whilst with a 500MHz deficit and loses many due to raw MHz power.

I remember Henri saying this last year with regards to competition... "it's a race, of course it's a race."

[Blasar]

But how long will AMD take to get the Barcelona speeds to the 2.5-3.0 GHz?

And about Phenom´s launch date and speeds? Is there more information?