Linux: PS3s Cell is faster than i7 965 XE

[Squilliam]

BMaker11 said:

Squilliam said:

Jo21 said:

Squilliam said:

Hows that?

GPU are optimized for folding@home though, especially since its rendering protein etc etc.

and the i7 / 360 its under CPU =P.

@ u don't have to damage control every ps3 thread!, its not a CPU info.

and gpu have nothing to do with it.

"According to the announcement of Fixstars reached the Cell processor of the Playstation a performance of 29 FPS, that is 1.2 times real-time conversion - the cell has a similar performance as the CUDA Badaboom encoder in combination with an Nvidia Geforce GTX-285. By comparison, Intel's current top-CPU, the Core i7 965 XE, does it still at 18 FPS - normal desktop CPUs even create only about 5 FPS."

According to the OP.

 

So....the Cell has similar performance to both a GPU and CPU together? Doesn't change the fact that the Cell is still a processor only

Nope. The Cell has similar performance to the Cell, actually A GPU like the GT200 has probably got more than twice as much untapped potential as the Cell has potential.