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.

The only fair way to compare clock for clock, core for core is to disable HT on the i3 and compare to 550BE @ 2.8Ghz. Then again, the only relevance here is price. If the BMW 335i was the same price as Honda's Accord, you might say that's an unfair comparison. I would call it checkmate.

Of course physical cores>logical cores. But the HT has long been Intel's bread and butter and if you're going to market its multitasking prowess then you better have the results to back it up.