Quote Originally Posted by mAJORD View Post
The only way the comparison would be valid from a COMPETITION point of view would be if the Opteron was a single 8core CPU.. or perhaps even 6 Core.
To get a full set of numbers, run;
Intel vs AMD in that order.
One core on each,
4 cores on each with HT disabled,
4 cores plus HT vs 4 cores,
4 cores plus HT vs 8 cores as he's saying,
8 cores with HT disabled vs 8 cores,
And finally 8 Cores vs. 8 Cores with HT enabled.

Picking just one of these and not accounting for the others can be seen as cheating? Many here are geek enough to want to see the numbers, I do mean all of the numbers. Most will criticize partial numbers most of the time. If you want to know what 8 cores vs 4 Cores + 4 Virtual cores then also ask about the rest, right? Taking any ONE of these out of context will draw criticisms.