Quote Originally Posted by informal View Post
Why are you worried? It seems you are not understanding the numbers in that report.AMD Shanghai 2P server working at 2.7Ghz is faster than 3Ghz 2P Harpertown system!What is better on intel side is the power draw since they use the 2x less RAM and Low Voltage edition of QC chips to post those 1000K scores(that still underperform in this particular test).They even use single socket intel quad core systems..
So in pure performance,a 2P Shanghai @2.7Ghz scores 338K,the same as 2P 3Ghz Harpertown.And still manages to have 20% lower power draw.The 1000 scores from intel camp are using less RAM(8GB versus 16 in AMD server) and are configured with a lot slower 45nm intel chips(2.5/2.66Ghz Harpertowns which in this test could be beaten with 2.3Ghz Shanghais).
that's insane to think about.

a 2.3ghz Shanghai beating a 2.5ghz harpertown.