Kind of pointless question. If all you want is flops the newest CELL processor, not the one in the PS3, does an amazing number of flops -- it is in the 100s of gflops if I recall. It is used in IBMs flagship super computer today which is number 1 at top 500.

If you want more detail as in which will solve your application your out of luck when it comes down to an easy answer. You need to know your problem pretty well, you need to know the rest of your hardware, and you need to know your compiler. Some problems can not be split and solved in parts and therefore just depend on your single fastest core to solve. Your other hardware is going to play a role in most real world problems. Your compiler quality is also going to make a big difference, internal optimization on the part of the compiler can make a big difference in how well your code runs.

The complexity of answering this question is why rankings are done not one theoretical maximums but on running some actual program. Top 500 uses the Linpack benchmark, various PC review sites use a variety of tools. Linpack though you compile yourself so it can take advantage of your compiler optimizations while downloaded benchmarks used by PC testers leave out that feature but in those cases they are using similar CPUs where CPU-Compiler response should be similar.

You really want to test this get a new CELL based machine and a Quad core with the rest of their hardware as close as possible. Get the best compiler, for the Quad core I would recommend Intels or PGIs -- not sure on the CELL, for each and then compile and run LINPACK. Your not going to get anywhere near a super computer but it will give you some basis for comparison.

cell is used the its ibm fastest super computer.

but the cell used in the ps3 is faster that the one in average dual core pc but not the fastest quadcore processors right now.

48 GFlops Single precision (4 per cycle x 4 cores x 3 billion cycles)
24 GFlops Double precision Same as above except half rate.

And who knows what wonky method Sony uses to count theirs as they managed to add it all up to 2 Teraflops or so for the PS3. Edit: Wonky maths

are you sure. coz i think that the cell has 7 cores, and quad only 4.

i thik im a bit lost here xd

 Honestly do you know wtf your talking about?

The Cell in the PS3 largely represents as powerful of a processor (in theoritical terms at least) that could be produced using a 90nm process ... As a result you could argue endlessly about whether it was more or less powerful than a similar processor that was produced using the same process (like the XBox 360's processor, or the Core 2 duo of the day) without really winning or losing the argument because it would depend on what you were measuring.

The Intel core 2 Quad Q9650 represets as powerful of a processor that can be produced using a 45nm process, and as a result you would expect it to be (roughly) 4 times as powerful as a similar architecture that was produced using a 90nm process.

In other words the Intel core 2 Quad Q9650 is much more powerful.

The Quad for now. The Cell is hard to dev for and its PPE SPE relation is crap. Larambee is better for that on a GPU multi-core side.

Teh Cellz is teh most powerful

kowenicki said: more importantly... who cares. oh... and the ful at the end of a word is never full.

Please contribute to the thread by answering the OP's question. Do not troll the thread.

Supernova82 said: kowenicki said: more importantly... who cares. oh... and the ful at the end of a word is never full. Please contribute to the thread by answering the OP's question. Do not troll the thread.

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