- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: stephensolofo117
to bad for amd intel will probably release their new line of core 2 duos using the code name penryn cores based on 45 nm and using some new high-k transitors reducing leakage meaning each chip will clock in at stock speeds of around 3 ghz with double the transitors of the current core 2's.
I doubt that Penryn will beat Phenom. Intel is claiming that their Penryn clocked at 3GHz will be 20-50% faster than their current fastest processors. AMD is claiming the same results but with a 2.4GHz processor, so theoretically (Phenom is meant to be highly overclockable) if you overclock it from 2.4GHz to 3GHz, than it will be considerably faster than Penryn, overclock even more to say 3.4 or 3.5GHz, you have an extremely fast quad core processor.
But, theirs no hardcore evidence/benchmarks to prove either Intels Penryn or Phenoms performance so you can't really discuss which will be better until they are released. Oh and BTW, Phenom is to be released by Christmas, you won't be seeing Penryn till next year, so you where wrong about Intel bringing out their Penryn before AMD's Phenom
[Edited on 05.18.2007 10:20 AM PDT]