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[Movieman]

I didn't say that the benchmark you suggested is not a decent benchmark, I just said that your claim as it being "very real world comparison" isn't always correct.

Actually the benchmark inside BOINC is a useless thing.
It is the timeframe required to do the work itself that shows the true power of any cpu.
I also can't think of any better way to measure a cpu's effectiveness than researching the ways to cure disease.
I know that I'm in the minority on that point on this forum where there are over 80,000 members and maybe 2000 that do this type of work but thats how I feel.

Next to the obvious fact that everyone has a different opinion regarding what benchmarks should be used to measure performance and how those measurements should be compared, there are much more other factors to take into account if you want a real world comparison: price, heatload, idle power drawing, availability and so on.

That is correct and we agree on this.

I'd say that your BOINC benchmark would give a fairly good indication of what this CPU can do in comparison to an Intel alternative. However, scoring lower doesn't mean it's worse, even in your benchmark. If it's 25% slower, but 50% cheaper, you could buy two and have a 50% faster platform .

There's more to total cost than the chip itself.
Two system require additional space, a second PSU,hard drive,etc so many times the more expensive cpu can be a lesser total cost when all the factors are included.
This is why I buy server grade equipment not gaming systems.
Many benefits that more than offset the initial cost.
They don't break down like gaming systems do.
They require less maintainence than gaming systems.
I have 2-8 core clovertown machines here that have run at 100% load since December 2006 and with the exception of a 35 hour downtime to electrical loss from an ice storm are at 100% load 24/7..
That's TWO years at 100% load 24/7..
There simply is no gaming machine that will do this that I have seen.