AMD Bulldozer vs. Intel i7-2600 -- I don't get it!

[William Park]

I came across a CPU benchmark
    <http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=AMD+FX-8150+Eight-Core>
where AMD Bulldozer (released yesterday) can't beat a year-old Intel i7-2600.
Price difference is $80 which is nothing compared to overall system cost.
Can someone explain to me why AMD is doing this?

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William
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