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And for the records. I'm sure all you guys agree A64 was a success, wasn't it?
Well, I've recolected benches results from two reviews (hardware.fr web, in this case). First, A64 launch (sep-2003, comparing FX-51 vs XP 3200+, both at 2.2ghz); second, Phenom launch (nov-2007, comparing Phenom 9600 X2, two cores vs. A64 X2 4400+, both at 2.3ghz)
Well, Phenom perfomance gain is just fine. K10 arch is OK, IMHO.
What's been the problem? two word: clock frequency.
AMD has failed with mhz, not arch per se (on the contrary, to me arch is fine and elegant), but clock frequency, for whatever reason, some L3 bug, or MB bug, or whatever. It limits right now to launch higher freqs. But it seems they will solve it soon (with B3). And additionally, it seems that Phenom will gain even some more % perf with it