Which is Better? AMD or Intel?

[dinoshan]

Hi,
With so much of information overload, I'd like to get clear on one thing. If AMD IS faster than Intel, then in dual core AMD would be a clear winner. However, Intel's dual core are capable of HT in the future. Which gives it 4 logical processors in dual core. So does that mean Intel is better in the end, considering there will be more multi threaded applications coming next year?
Thanks for your opinions.

 

[Rugger]

A comparison would be pure speculation at this point. Wait for the release of both and take a look at comparison reviews at that time.

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[mrmonsoon]

Typically Intel is better on office type apps and Amd is better for gaming.

 

[pat]

Right now, AMD had a better price/performance ratio, so it is the best for me..

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[endyen]

Typically Intel is better on office type apps and Amd is better for gaming.

Say what? Check the chip faq. Amd is better for bothe. Intel is better for multithreaded benchmarks, and certain encoding functions.

 

[endyen]

The dual core PD will not have HT. Only the EE will have it. Benchmarking seems to show that HT and DC dont mix very well.
Intel's first stab at DC is not very well put together. A DC chip will run slower than a SC chip, at the same speed, for many apps. Intel's DC is for suckers.

 

[endyen]

The HT on the nforce4 boards is so short, that it doesn't really count.
That should really confuse the sh1t out of people.

 

[P4Man]

Don't listen to these fanboys; the future is clearly VIA's. Dual cpu VIA Edens, thats what you want !

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[P4Man]

actually, I think its a rather nice platform. have a look here:
<A HREF="http://www.viaembedded.com/product/epia_dp_spec.jsp?motherboardId=321" target="_new">http://www.viaembedded.com/product/epia_dp_spec.jsp?motherboardId=321</A>
extremly, small, silent and cheap 2 way smp. Nice for making a custom home server server for instance.

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[P4Man]

I've not seen any benches, nor do I know how much it costs exactly, but I could think of more uses. I figure it should make be a nice silent under-the-desk server (fileserving, firewall, FTP, email, and maybe a even game server). It might even be a worthwhile silent destop or HTPC solution if you don't need state of the art performance, at least if its cheaper than a fanless 7W Pentium M desktop solution (which is likely). And even for rackservers as pseudo blades it makes some sense, no fans to replace, very low power, and I'm sure one or maybe two companies could make use of the integrated encryption engine.

Granted, all of the above don't make for a huge market, but I still kinda like it as a niche product. Might even buy one, just for the heck of it.

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