AMD Barcelona or Intel Penryn

Which processor will be faster ?AMD Barcelona or Intel Penryn
No one knows for sure. If I were to take a guess, it would unfortunately be that Penryn will be faster (and I say unfortunately because AMD really needs a break; Intel's really been a **** to them lately with their onslaught of Core 2 Duo and Quad releases (not that that's bad for us consumers)).AMD Barcelona or Intel Penryn
I'm also guessing Penryn will be faster than Barcelona
im willing to bet that they are prett even clock for clock but amd is screwed because intel will beat them to nehalem
All AMD shows are synthetic benchmarks. Intel have shown benchmarks that show a 15-20% increase in certain apps. Anandtech previewed Barcelona and it showed it being a little slower that conroe at the same clock speed. If penryn launches at high frequencies then Amd is in trouble. For now I say Penryn will be faster.
Intel would be the best bet. AMD is lagging right now, and from the rumors, it sounds like Barcelona is going to be a disappointment.
the 45m technology in the penryn looks to give it an edge.
Penryn will be better.
but shouldn't we be comparing Phenom and Penryn? Cause Barcelona is a server cpu
[QUOTE=''lettuceman44'']but shouldn't we be comparing Phenom and Penryn? Cause Barcelona is a server cpu[/QUOTE]http://www.dailytech.com/Intel+Prices+Penryn+Xeons/article8074.htm
[QUOTE=''LahiruD''][QUOTE=''lettuceman44'']but shouldn't we be comparing Phenom and Penryn? Cause Barcelona is a server cpu[/QUOTE]http://www.dailytech.com/Intel+Prices+Penryn+Xeons/article8074.htm[/QUOTE]o, lol my bad

For my money, im gonna say go intel, i havent had a intel processor since a old dual cpu pentium pro 180, but now im gonna have to go intel, amd is just not giving me good reason to stay with them.
Who knows but ill put my money on the penryns.
Server side of things, Barcelona is going to gain LOTS of market share back for AMD.As for desktop, that is a toss up.

BTW- whoever said that AnandTech.com previewed K10 and said it is the same as C2D is just wrong. You cannot compare performance just by looking at die shots or going over the architecture's specs.K10 has a good shot at competing with Penryn if they can quickly hit 2.4-2.6ghz or more.
If they are of similar performance and price, and easily surpass the Q6600, then I have a feeling I will be going with a Phenom chip.
More than likely Phenom,even though there's a good chance it'll get raped by yorkfield,its more than enough for the games i play/will be playing,plus you can get a X2 3600 and a BIOSTAR TA690G and OC it to 3GHz :wink: thats more than enough power for todays games.