Intel: Nvidia Geforce GPU is only 14x faster than the Core i7-960

Intel has made a recent announcement that has been considered a peculiar intent to improve the reputation of its products and rebut some declarations on the part of Nvidia. Last Wednesday, Intel announced that its technology for processors is only 14 times slower than the technology from the brand of graphics processing units GeForce. The unusual announcement is a move of the Santa Clara maker of processors in order to minimize Nvidia’s allegations. According to Nvidia, the Geforce GPUs are 100 times faster than the regular Intel processors.

A document titled Debunking the 100x GPU vs. CPU Myth has been made public. There, Intel suggests that, under certain circumstances, the applications can run up to 14 times faster on a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 in comparison with an Intel Core i7-960. Also, Intel stated that, on average, the graphic processor works 2.5 times faster. Naturally, Nvidia reacted quickly and made public its “opinion” about this document.

Andy Keane pointed out on a blog Intel relied on a previous generation of the GPU instead of using a Fermi GPU. The Nvidia representative also stated that, apparently, Intel ran codes without any optimization on the GTX 280. Moreover, Keane wrote that it’s unclear how they compared the GPU with the Intel CPU. Mr. Keane also clarified that all the applications don’t reach the same increase of speed (100 times faster) when they are executed on a GPU, but he mentioned some developers have reached that performance level. Besides, at least seven organizations have claimed to have reached the disputed speed increase (100x), and even one organization announced a speed increase of about 300x.