Thanks for the input guys.

Quote Originally Posted by zanzabar View Post
its got 2 6 core dies smithed, its like the intel 1st gen dual or quad cores were they were 2 1 or 2 cores next to each other.

and amd has always been ahead in core count they made the 1st dual, quad and hex, now the 1st smithed 12
Yes I know it's 2 hexas "glued", but afterall it's 12 real cores in a socket.
You might want to recheck what I bolded, Intel were first on quad and hexa cores, that's why I was a bit surprised to see AMD going "ahead".