# PS3 Cell Processor: How powerful is it really?

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**Created:** [August 24, 2006, 4:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ps3-cell-processor-how-powerful-is-it-really/198323 "2006-08-24T04:10:55Z")
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### Author: ![Al6200](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Al6200](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Al6200)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2006, 4:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ps3-cell-processor-how-powerful-is-it-really/198323/1 "2006-08-24T04:10:55Z")

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I’m curious. I’m not a real hardware guy so all I see is a spec sheet and assume the game companies are being genuine. Is the cell processor going to be more powerful than most home PCs? How does the power of a cell processor compare to Intel or AMD dual-cores?