Nehalem-EP......BLOOMFIELD

[Shintai]

Exactly right. And I remember the same defense for P4 w/HT vs X2.

So...because Nehalem supports SMT. You quickly say AMD is better because 2 Quadcores can compete with 1 quadcore?

Try 2 quads vs 2 quads. Or try see what a Bloomsfield cost vs those 2 2000 series Barcelonas.

1 Nehalem Quad@2.93Ghz beats 2 Barcelona Quads@2.4Ghz in Cinebench.
Not even to talk about Barcelona uses 64bit and Nehalem 32bit. (Nehalem would perform some 10% better with 64bit)
1 CPU vs 2 CPUs. 500$ vs 1500$

Or use the Gainestown with SMT disabled. About 50% faster than the dual Barcelonas at the same 2.4Ghz.