Quote:That doesn't make any sense. Both bulldozer and phenom II have more than two cores. 1 core on bulldozer vs. 1 core on phenom II should produce the same performance difference as 2 cores on bulldozer vs. 2 cores on phenom II. The performance per core is still the same. Unless I'm misunderstanding your implications?
The bulldozers use a very uncanny setup with their cores. It would take a while to explain (read the link below if you are curious) but for most multi-threaded applications, which is supposed to be it's tour de force, it actually performs worse, as programs are designed for the simpler, more traditional way of doing multiple cores, and not for the cheating methods that the Bulldozer employs. Even for programs that are optimal for it, the cheating they did doesn't provide any advantages over intel chips, not even on a bang for the buck measure.
As for comparing a Bulldozer to the Phenom II for a single core, the Phenom outperforms the Bulldozer, and the Sandy Bridges outperform both. See the link for the benchmarks.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/fx-8150-zambezi-bulldozer-990fx,3043.html
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