Why is 4 core faster than 6 core?

[tarsierspectral]

http://macperformanceguide.com/

[dcpmark]

It's not. The lower numbers are better.

[Weepul]

Um, it's not? That graph shows the 6-core is faster. (On that graph, shorter bars are faster.)

[Pressure]

It clearly states time in seconds.

Normally, that means that the machine that used the least amount of time to complete the task is, cough, fastest ;)

[tarsierspectral]

HAHAHA, thanks for pointing that out. I should probably not be online past my bed time (8pm) :). I think I freaked out after seeing that my MP shipped last night, 3 days earlier than expected.

[Bennieboy©]

6 cores wont beat 4 cores in everything though ;) more applications at the moment are coded for 4 cores or less, but that should change in the next few years ;)