Wii U CPU and GPU Clock Speeds revealed, slower than PS3/360:

**hellsing9** · 11-29-2012

Just click the image to go to his twitter, follow the guy. Know a lot

and makes update very often.

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**AsSiTcH** · 11-29-2012

Expected nothing less from Nintendo. Thanks for the info.

**Parabolee** · 11-29-2012

Better analysis here -

http://www.zeldainformer.com/news/co...generation-pow

**hellsing9** · 11-29-2012

Originally Posted by Parabolee

Better analysis here -

http://www.zeldainformer.com/news/co...generation-pow

Thanks for that

**qlum** · 11-29-2012

the thing is it is a lot newer architecture and if you don't optimize for it you will fail, just like the gpu which is a lot newer and with gpu clock speeds don't matter much. Its just about making the game specifically for the architecture.

**mat123** · 11-29-2012

In the breakdown, they mention the presence of a GPGPU which would take away stress from the CPU and thus void the need for an overkill CPU since the GPU will be the one handling most of the calculations.

The devs nagging at the weak CPU are simply trying to force their 360 ports to run on the WiiU with as little modifications to the code as possible. Understanding the WiiU's architecture is the key to unlocking its true power but it's no mystery that the thing works very differently than a 360.

**twat420** · 11-29-2012

@hellsing9 time to update your story:

Marcan just tweeted:

Originally Posted by marcan42

@marcan 42
The Espresso is an out of order design with a much shorter pipeline. It should win big on IPC on most code, but it has weak SIMD.

@marcan 42
No hardware threads. One per core. No new SIMD, just paired singles. But it's a saner core than the P4esque stuff in 360/PS3.

@marcan 42
I don't know how it compares at the actual clock speeds, but at the same clock the 750 wins hands down except on pure SIMD.

@marcan 42
And I'm sure it's not an "idle" clock speed. 1.24G is exactly in line with what we expected for a 750-based design.

@marcan 42
So yes, the Wii U CPU is nothing to write home about, but don't compare it clock per clock with a 360 and claim it's much worse. It isn't.

**Blasty** · 11-29-2012

Someone wrote and posted the article a little too soon. Read the latest tweets by marcan.

Hector Martin ‏ @marcan 42

So yes, the Wii U CPU is nothing to write home about, but don't compare it clock per clock with a 360 and claim it's much worse. It isn't.

**hellsing9** · 11-29-2012

Updated @GregoryRasputin added too image to follow markan on twitter.

@twat420 Already updated

**brunomocsa** · 11-29-2012

this is bull****, the clock doesnt matter to Nintendo, this its not what their market expected, who buy Nintendo is to play casually, play the exclusives retro new games like mario, zelda, pokemon, or play the fun graphics games.

Im sorry, but who buys a wii to play specifically Black Ops or similar, have some kind of problem...