Quote Originally Posted by XRL8 View Post
How the hell is that relevant in any matter ? If AMD prices its 8 core a bit higher than the 2600k than in their own internal testing it must be on average very close (depending on the workload plus/minus) in performance.
It's relevant if the 8 core version is only competitive when 8 threads are needed. If a 4 core app is used and the 2600k is far better, then a lot of gamers will go intel.

So it comes down to what you want the CPU for. If core for core there is a big enough difference, people with single threaded apps (or apps that use 4 threads), will stay with intels product.

If however the difference between the two is not so great, then the added bonus of 4 extra cores would swing it in AMDs favour.