If an i7-2600 is going to beat an i7-980x in most benchmarks, what point is there in selling quad core 1366 Bloomfields come Q1 2011? Is there a chance that Intel will just replace all the quad core Bloomfields with similarly clocked Gulftowns?
We dont' know if this is true. The benches show the i7-980x beating the i5-2400 in 12 of 14 tests in the Anandtech review. Khon is just making an assumption that the 2600 would win in many of those tests due to a faster clock-speed.
I am still wiery, and will wait until I see real benchmarks on the 2600. Also, the SB processors may be priced to their relative performance level compaired to the 1366 Bloomfields, which would leave room for the current lineup of processors
