Quote Originally Posted by -Sweeper_ View Post
theres a tweaked version of sandy bridge with 6/8 cores coming a few months later, you should know that
which wont have a higher ipc, you should know that :P
the cache will help a bit but i wouldnt expect much from that tbh... maybe a 1-2% ipc boost...

Quote Originally Posted by -Sweeper_ View Post
tks, but Im really not interested in what you expect
oh come on, theres no need to be that rude
Quote Originally Posted by -Sweeper_ View Post
the IPC gain from gulftown -> tweaked hexa-core SB (15mb l3) shall be higher than lynnfield -> non-tweaked SB quad-core+IGP (6mb l3), thats for sure
i wouldnt be so sure about that... gulftown is a beefed up nehalem while lynnfield is a cut down nehalem... in the cinebench screenshot an "untweaked" SB is about as fast as a cut down nehalem, ie lynnfield/clarkdale.

i expect about the same ipc difference between the highend server/workstation SB parts and the mainstream/laptop parts as we see now between gulftown and clarkdale...