Allen
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Joined: Oct 1999
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Ohio USA
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Wall Street analyst says Intel chip better than Zen
A Wall Street analyst, with no thought to his personal safety, has dared to question what AMD fans have been telling us for ages – Zen will bring about peace on earth, cure cancer and above all give Intel a good kicking.
However, Christopher Danely with Citigroup has bravely claimed that with its “Kaby Lake” family of processors, Intel remains a “step-function ahead of AMD Zen when Zen chips are released in Q416”...
See we AMD fans at SimHQ can "take __it" and smile
Anyhow, the article is probably correct. AMD will be one node of experience behind Intel. As the Intel 14nm is a step in their architecture path but is all new to AMD (so AMDs version may not be "perfect").
However, that may only translate to about a 5 to 15 percent per core-clock advantage for Intel. Far less than the advantage has been recently. And, I would claim that 15 percent in a CPU will not be truly noticeable in most uses (in the office or home).
Moreover, the AMD 8 core / 16 thread processors may be selling for enough less than Intel that AMD would be the "rational choice" for most uses. Although, I expect most would buy Intel due to previous purchases and brand recognition.
However, we'll see. Nothing may turn out like I expect. It would not be the first time (I still remember "Bulldozer")
