Quote Originally Posted by LIKMARK View Post
This is a comparison of 8 nehalem threads @2,93GHz vs 8 barcelona threads @2,375Ghz. HT or not, a thread is a thread. That is a more correct description.
? Not sure if you were replying to me or not.

A thread doesn't mean anything, because the 8 threads in Nehalem don't cost you anything. Quad core Nehalem is fully comparable to Quad core Barcelona. DP Gainestown (8 cores) is fully comparable to DP Barcelona (8 cores).

(The only area where a thread would "cost" you is if you were paying for a OS per CPU, then HT would probably be disabled. But that doesn't apply to anything here.)