@ GoThr3k

Quote Originally Posted by Anand
We also ran the single-threaded Cinebench test to see how performance improved on an individual core basis vs. Penryn:

Cinebench shows us a 25% increase in performance even when looking at a single Nehalem core vs. a single Penryn core. The single-to-quad core scaling is actually a little better on Penryn, which we suspect may be caused in part by the memory issues on the motherboard we tested with.
Did you skip this part or did Anand revise it? Yet, even if performance was the same or slightly less per core, Nehalem ends up being faster due to other improvements. Most apps are Dual Core and WinXP and up uses Dual Core as well. At a minimum, one core runs the OS while another would run a single thread.

To the other guy, this does sound or read like the same comments during 2006 when C2D was tested by this same person, WOW! After over two years, you'd think they'd learn something by Now.

@the others

Please don't forget Timna had IMC, EV6 is from Alpha, Fusion is a copy of Timna, HT cn be traced back to AMD's RAMBUS license long before Lighting DATA or etc.... Oh brother!