Where is CPU processing power allocated?

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kevineugenius

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I've been reading reviews on the newer AM3 chips vs the newest Core 2 Duo chips, not taking Core i7 into account yet as I'm hoping to compare my currect C2D setup to an AM3 build. I already know the Core i7 will pwn me.

This particular review shows a C2D chip beating out the AM3 by a huge margin in Sandra (dhrystone), then they say that the Intel obviously computes integers better than AMD does.

Then, a paragraph later, the AM3 soundly trounces the C2D in Sandra's bandwidth test. This is supposedly due to an on-board memory controller the AM3 has an advantage with.

So, my question is, what programs will benefit from better integer processing and which will perform better with more memory bandwidth?
 
Dude, just look at the actual real programs that those reviews use for testing and see for yourself. It just isn't that simple which apps are better with better integer processing and which apps are better with more memory bandwidth.

The Sandra software are synthetic and artificial and by no means are indicative of real world performance.
 
This particular review doesn't really have any of that, almost all synthetics. They have some games and WinRAR, that's about it.
 
kevineugenius said:
This particular review doesn't really have any of that, almost all synthetics. They have some games and WinRAR, that's about it.
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Then I recommend finding other reviews then :)

A huge bandwidth increase or better integer computing is not an indication of a real world app. There are significantly more factors involved.
 
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