We've learned that at the same clock speed Phenom II should be as fast of a bit faster than 45nm Yorkfield-based Core 2 Quad. This will, of course, depend on the benchmark you run and all benchmarks optimized for SSE 4 might still go in Intel’s favor.

At the same time, this gives you a clear picture that Core i7 should end up a bit faster than Phenom II at the same clock speed, but Core i7 is currently at new price level as it will be drastically more expensive than Phenom II.

The good news is that Phenom II will be quite good overclocker and it will fix its odds; but at the same time Core 2 Quad 45nm based Yorkfield is still one of the best overclockers on the block, so the fight will be rather interesting.

We are quite sure that this will lead to new price war, as Core 2 Quad might have to drop in price as soon as Phenom II hits the market.