| JEMC said: I have a doubt that I'm sure some of you wil be able to answer me: Do IBM and AMD processors differ much from a performance perspective? I know that AMD suffers compared to Intel due to having a lower IPC, but what about IBM? Do IBM processors have a higher IPC than AMD's like Intel does? I'm asking because we all know that WiiU's IBM CPU is much slower than the Xbox360 IBM one and that it's performance won't be the same. It will be lower. But with the PSwhatever and nextbox going with AMD the comparisons will be harder to make. |
IBM Power >>> AMD in terms of CPUs. Basically, any AMD (or Intel) CPU would have to have much higher specs to match an IBM CPU.
Kinda why game consoles for a long time now have been using IBM CPUs. This is a new thing this coming gen. Also, WiiU's CPU is a still arguably equal to 360's even though it has a slower cycle.... or at least a lot closer than the simple numbers suggest. Of course that is really not a big deal considering WiiU's architecture and how much of the CPU tasks are now supposed to be handled by the GPGPU.
