Quote Originally Posted by terrace215 View Post
It's -5% IPC vs Thuban, then higher frequency due to the longer pipeline with faster pipe stages, estimated at 20-25%. This is for a single thread doing integer work.
He didn't say vs Thuban, he said vs K10.

Since PII has already surpassed 15-20% versus the original K10, BD has already been passed in performance by Thuban before it's even released. You heard it here first.