| walsufnir said:
First to start, octa-core is nice but the cores *are* low-performance. There are 2-core CPUs which have more performance, you cannot add all cores together, especially if they share ressources by a large amount. |
You can basically add the Jaguar cores toghether as they don't share most resources, like Bulldozer or others. Still, 8 Jag cores *may* be faster than i3 chips but only lower clock i5s.
However PCs have a lot more wasted CPU. Console graphics API >>> PC graphics API in performance, so you don't use as much CPU to do the same thing.
Mantle can do 9X the draw calls of conventional PC APIs. Battlefield 4 runs 40% faster on Mantle compared to D3D, on a CPU that would otherwise limit the number of draw calls possible. Mantle is a glimpse of what the PS4 can do, which has very efficient APIs.
| walsufnir said:
Second, consoles have currently ~5GB of RAM available and gamer PCs easily have more and more free. |
True but graphics memory is what's most needed, and that is still limited by your PC GPU typically 1~2GB, 3GB+ in high end.
