Xenon vs Cell Which one really is better ??

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Staude said:
The Cell.
It has UNLIMITED powaz !

No seriously. It's all about opinion anyways, but the cell was designed with super computers in mind and is between 8-40 times better than a pc cpu.

Oh no you didnt. LOL. Before the PS3 came out Intel had CPUS with better performance. OT: It actually doesnt matter how fast the cell is, It still has to take it's data from the Memory. Check the figures yourself(they are all over the net), the cell and RSX can simultaniously access the memory together. But the 360's CPU and GPU access it one at a time. However look at the speed that the 2 consoles read and write from the memory. In the same time it takes the PS3 to read and write once from the memory, the 360 can either have the cpu read and write twice with the GPU 3 times or GPU twice and the CPU 3 times. So for Ps3 to do 2 read and writes from the memory (thats 1 cpu and GPU) in the same time the 360 has done 5(2 cpu and 3 GPU). Although people say that the cell is powerful it is held back by it's bandwidth. Sony would have been better having similar bandwidth speeds to the 360 because then they could have done 10 read and writes. 5 cpu and 5 GPU in the time the 360 takes to do it's 5. M$ were smart on this. I guess thats what being in the PC market helps you with. Knowledge.