JRPGfan said:
In a Console where you dictate everything should be multi threaded, single thread performance doesnt really matter. So lets look at IPC of both (multi threaded, same clock speeds):
Back in 2012-2013, the Ultra Books then where useing CPU's like the i7-3537U (2c/4t , 2ghz base, 3.1ghz boost) And lets find a Jaguar with a 2ghz base. Athlon 5350 (4c/4t, 2.05ghz base, no boost)
Now we have 2 cpus at 2ghz.... lets see if IPC (instructions pr clock) are vastly better (when both are 2ghz). a CPU benchmark that favors intel (cinebench 11,5 multi threaded) but its easy to find reviews on: Athlon 5350 scores 2.04 points. i7-3537U scores 2.89 points. Thats like a differnce of 40%. Its def. there, but its not really massive. |
But it's not because more games make use of multiple threads that single thread performance is suddenly unimportant. Gaming loads will be devided over multiple CPU's, but there will always be a heavier load on the first CPU's (and as technology progress, this will be flattened across even more cores), but the performance of the Intel chip for gaming will be more then the 40% difference.
Anyhow, Intel chips were out of the question for the Xbox and PS4 anyway since they would have a pretty useless iGPU and would cost too much.
