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Could you be more specific? I'd like to know what compiler was used, and what processor the executable was optimized for. I'd also like specific methodology details for the "tests". HT does provide a small advantage in situations where poorly optimized code is being run (the core needs to be spending a significant amount of time waiting to do work for the overhead of HT to be worth it), but nothing like what this "review" would have one believe.

Regarding Anandtech, it really was too bad that when they actually compiled and optimized correctly, nocona lost, wasn't it?

With respect to superPi, they dropped it because they were using an executable pulled off the web of unknown characteristics. (Was it 32bit? 64bit? What compiler was used? What was it optimized for?)

It's no secret that Intel has always attempted to influence benchmarks to its benefit-- does a "review" like this in Infoworld really surprise you?

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