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beefcat_ t1_j45666r wrote

Reply to comment by blackdynomitesnewbag in Intel breaks the 6GHz barrier with $699 Core i9-13900KS processor by Avieshek

Yeah, I remember when their Penryn-based chips came out and even with a single core they wiped the floor with my aging Pentium 4 at much lower clock speeds

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Geek55 t1_j45u712 wrote

The Pentium 4s were basically a step backwards from the Pentium 3s architecturally but Intel wanted a big number to stick on the box.

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BroMatterhorn t1_j49bajy wrote

It worked too. AMD was killing it back then, but people didn’t understand the lower number was still faster.

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