Core i3 vs. Phenom II X3 "clock-4-clock"

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And how exactly is that funny... more cores > less cores in MT apps. (as always)

Its quite interesting to see that 2+2SMT threads can keep upo with 3 full cores... would be nice if there would also have been results without HT.

Don't forget those "2+2SMT" threads are actually based on 32nm 2nd gen of Nehalem,while here we have a 45nm X3 Deneb based core as a competitor. The cores themselves(if done on the same node) are taking up considerably different die areas,24.4mm2 for Nehalem and 15.3mm2 for Deneb meaning X3 actually has less total logic die area compared to Nehalem(plus Westmere cores if done on 45nm due to some improvements would end up probably a bit bigger!).X3 Deneb is doing great against the Westmere SMT dual cores.