I am in the server world, so my comments reflect servers. Take a look at MC vs. westmere today, in integer we are ~5% faster, in FP we are ~20% faster.
When they added 2 more cores to nehalem (50% more cores) they received ~33% more performance (average of FP and int). So natural scaling says that 2 more cores to SB later this year should net no more than 33% more performance, right? (straight math would say in the low 20% range, but there are other factors)
Now if I am ahead today, and I expect to get 50% more performance w/BD, where does that leave me relative to SB?
The reality is that until we actually have benchmarks and parts for both, nobody really knows for sure.
however i wonder if bulldozers will be good overclockers too?
