Quote Originally Posted by chew* View Post
Thats not what matters though..........

Maybe this will shed some light on what i'm trying to say.

Apples to apples cores/threads.

core i5 2500K 4 cores / 4 threads wprime at 5.9 = 5.109

Amd phenom II x4 955 4 cores / 4 threads wprime at 6.6 = 5.516

Bottom line IPC carries over to multithreaded performance............
At least compare same gen competitor chips.

i5 2500K
FX4000