Quote Originally Posted by Hans de Vries View Post
1) JF told you at the other thread that IPC is higher.

2) If that's true then the higher frequency design comes on top of that.

3) And last but not least: Power gating Turbo now allows much higher single core frequencies.


Looks like a 1-2-3 speed bump for single thread performance to me....


Regards, Hans
fewer execution units...

those three factors coupled with other architectural improvements would need to be able to be at least 50% faster in some instances.