AMD Barcelona not fast enough to beat Intel Core 2: Gartner
 

*Source: vnunet (http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/21...-enough-beat)*
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AMD's quad-core Barcelona processors are not yet fast enough to beat Intel's Core 2 processors, despite claimed performance improvements of up to 40 per cent over current offerings, Gartner believes.

"AMD's performance estimates are based on a leisurely 2GHz clock speed, which is lower than expected and suggests room for significant gains," said Gartner analysts Martin Reynolds, John Enck and Stephen Kleynhans in a new advisory.

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