Intel "Harpertown" Xeon vs. AMD "Barcelona" Opteron
by Jason Clark & Ross Whitehead on September 18, 2007 5:00 PM EST- Posted in
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Unlike the AS3AP benchmark where AMD is able to lead at the lower load points, Intel is able to dominate this benchmark. Again we see the improvements which Harpertown brings over Clovertown. The Xeon E5472 is able to lead the Opteron 2350 by as much as 59%. We also see that the quad-core 2350 does provide much more headroom than its dual-core 2222 sibling.
All quad-core systems exhibit similar CPU utilization with the dual-core Opteron ramping significantly quicker.
The Harpertown system is much more competitive on this benchmark with regards to power consumption. In fact, all quad-core parts are within 4-8% of each other.
With Intel's better performance and much closer power consumption on this benchmark, Harpertown is the clear leader for all load points. The Xeon E5472 is able to lead by as much as 46% over the Opteron 2350. Barcelona is competitive with Clovertown, but it has a long way to go to match Harpertown
Unlike the AS3AP benchmark where AMD is able to lead at the lower load points, Intel is able to dominate this benchmark. Again we see the improvements which Harpertown brings over Clovertown. The Xeon E5472 is able to lead the Opteron 2350 by as much as 59%. We also see that the quad-core 2350 does provide much more headroom than its dual-core 2222 sibling.
All quad-core systems exhibit similar CPU utilization with the dual-core Opteron ramping significantly quicker.
The Harpertown system is much more competitive on this benchmark with regards to power consumption. In fact, all quad-core parts are within 4-8% of each other.
With Intel's better performance and much closer power consumption on this benchmark, Harpertown is the clear leader for all load points. The Xeon E5472 is able to lead by as much as 46% over the Opteron 2350. Barcelona is competitive with Clovertown, but it has a long way to go to match Harpertown
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Jason Clark - Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - link
Ross and I did not have 2.5Ghz, it was nearly impossible just getting ahold of 2.0GHz.... We'd run it if we had it :)Regs - Wednesday, September 19, 2007 - link
Hi Derek Johan De Gelas mentioned that had 2.5 GHz part in your tech labs. Can we expect a preview of that soon?Regs - Wednesday, September 19, 2007 - link
Whoops, I confused you Jason for Derek Wilson.Viditor - Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - link
Which stepping of Barcelona were you using (it wasn't in the test setup and has become an issue of late)Cheers
firewolfsm - Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - link
This review seems biased. If you want to run only the 2GHz part at least calculate the performance per clock because it looks like Barcelona has Intel beat in a lot of the benchmarks. Meaning 2.5GHz would be much more competitive.firewolfsm - Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - link
Sorry for the double...GlassHouse69 - Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - link
Well. It looks like AMD wins. Money is everything. Oh sure, there will be some geek who will say, "Money is no object, only getting the workload done as fast as possible." that geek would be wrong. Amazing how this WOULDNT start a price war. 400 vs.... 2.5-3x that much? You could put four on a board and start rocking in the free world.Makes me happy about Phenom. Imagine a 190 dollar quad that isnt intel? something to buy finally.