Even if that was 12 to 16 core comparison, IPC will be higher 8 cores and less.
CMT is CMT for a reason, AMD compared it to HyperThreading for a reason, and I believe chew* was right when he said desktop parts will function more like a 4 core that can execute 8 threads.
In multi-thread, I actually expect Thuban level performance from well coded programs.
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