AMD vs. Intel
Steve Conner, Tue Dec 13 2011, 09:25AMSorry if this is old news for some of you, but I thought it was great.
Executive summary: Intel's C compiler and math libraries are widely used in the (Windows) computer industry. It was recently discovered that they check the CPU's vendor string at runtime, and deliberately go slower if it doesn't read "GenuineIntel".
Perhaps the ultimate irony: AMD's own Core Math Library was made with the Intel Fortran compiler, and runs faster if the vendor string is changed to Intel.
Re: AMD vs. Intel
Carbon_Rod, Wed Dec 14 2011, 02:23AM
Actually, in some cases the Intel i7 runs slower because the virtual core to physical core 2:1 ratio causes serious contention problems for some software.
In retrospect I could have saved $200 per unit, and purchased more i5 ks.
Intel has started to act a bit like Sony sleaze the past few years...
Still waiting for the HP ARM based servers to arrive next year...
Carbon_Rod, Wed Dec 14 2011, 02:23AM
Actually, in some cases the Intel i7 runs slower because the virtual core to physical core 2:1 ratio causes serious contention problems for some software.
In retrospect I could have saved $200 per unit, and purchased more i5 ks.
Intel has started to act a bit like Sony sleaze the past few years...
Still waiting for the HP ARM based servers to arrive next year...
Re: AMD vs. Intel
Hon1nbo, Thu Dec 15 2011, 03:39AM
I never knew this, but it explains a lot.
@ Carbon_rod, as for the hyperthreading problems I could not agree more, some things work well with it others not. You can usually turn it off in the BIOS
-Jimmy
Hon1nbo, Thu Dec 15 2011, 03:39AM
I never knew this, but it explains a lot.
@ Carbon_rod, as for the hyperthreading problems I could not agree more, some things work well with it others not. You can usually turn it off in the BIOS
-Jimmy
Re: AMD vs. Intel
phonesystems, Thu Dec 15 2011, 10:49AM
@Steve Conner if you want better performance than Intel is the best because AMD processors are still competing to give the speed as Intel processors..
phonesystems, Thu Dec 15 2011, 10:49AM
@Steve Conner if you want better performance than Intel is the best because AMD processors are still competing to give the speed as Intel processors..
Re: AMD vs. Intel
plazmatron, Wed Feb 15 2012, 08:19PM
@ Steve, well that sounds about right for Intel. Underhandedness for them is par for the course (div by 0 fiasco among others springs to mind). At least historically, AMD processors can do math!
plazmatron, Wed Feb 15 2012, 08:19PM
@ Steve, well that sounds about right for Intel. Underhandedness for them is par for the course (div by 0 fiasco among others springs to mind). At least historically, AMD processors can do math!
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