[citation][nom]ben850[/nom]Does the Snapdragon compare to AMD/Intel clock for clock? To my knowledge it doesn't, which makes all this hype irrelevant[/citation]
The answer is not as simple as some believe, the snapdragon is a risc processor while the x86 isn't. RISC stands for "reduced instruction set computing" which means its just what it implies - A CPU with a hugely reduced numbers of instructions it can handle. On simpler instructions i bet it can go toe to toe instruction wise with say x86 but as soon as the software do _ANYTHING_ other than the total basics it will take several cycles for the risc to complete what the x86 did in just one cycle.
An example could be say two loaders in a dock, both have same speed but one can lift a small package and the other a container. As long as the packages are small (simple) they equal each other but as soon as the packages grow in size (complexity) the big one can still do one lift per cycle while the smaller have to divide it and then lift the smaller packages each time that result in significant loss in performance.
For the phoonies world i bet this is quite an upgrade but compare it to any real computer is laughable. I rather have a V12 engine running at 2500rpm than a ford pint "engine" at the same rpm, thats the difference in reality as soon as there are any real computing involved!