From owner-freebsd-performance@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 21 05:57:33 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7536016A417 for ; Fri, 21 Sep 2007 05:57:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kometen@gmail.com) Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.189]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 106DF13C45B for ; Fri, 21 Sep 2007 05:57:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kometen@gmail.com) Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id b2so635398nfb for ; Thu, 20 Sep 2007 22:57:31 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=hzNo0HmvNapfYEf54+oyiB2jhCkRUjXpY/HDisPbGi0=; b=j54S26HgtbfcDrsVe8C8av+Shy+6/+yEwQXzHpZOtYQyhQTm5x9cC/RN+S/6faxd4DYAY5RsFYvAo7pH0sp1y/ir6VVIXMQtXufEaP0W+O9GxQLB618MUz3uSy97kCK1WyTG6OmyEiNrFHV/QoWWW4ATmBW6x3XOt54zrBMlI+0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=Kcx+GemJQNb9Yx1CJ2FO6okh5caH76tAq4TwsXKSOQofPg2KRFOaoBvc39l0qMSxwzwXjPesEaAYp2qoDARY+Qj1PLySocM8rJyeak8weg70dGl984MfWqoakDBDBQwaTQ/k4ARpxzn8k1b/08hrkrb+m8w68Yzgxw7rtBb/I2M= Received: by 10.78.21.7 with SMTP id 7mr1768645huu.1190354251325; Thu, 20 Sep 2007 22:57:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.78.166.18 with HTTP; Thu, 20 Sep 2007 22:57:31 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 07:57:31 +0200 From: "Claus Guttesen" To: Decibel! In-Reply-To: <57EF86A6-6062-4F1A-959E-41ABABD3F0CF@decibel.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <1F219879A7E5C565C96109FF@c-2f56e155.1521-1-64736c12.cust.bredbandsbolaget.se> <57EF86A6-6062-4F1A-959E-41ABABD3F0CF@decibel.org> Cc: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AMD or Intel? X-BeenThere: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Performance/tuning List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 05:57:33 -0000 > > I think this is not current information; the new woodcrest > > architecture performs mucg better, although this is deduced from > > this thread's discussion... > > Except this thread has largely glossed over the importance of memory > bandwidth, which is exactly the reason why Opterons have been beating > Xeons for several years. Last I'd heard, things were fairly close > between the two, but that would matter on how many cores and physical > CPUs you have. > > It would be good if someone could do a database benchmark for some of > the larger parts. Like this one??? http://tweakers.net/reviews/657/6 Related links has been mentioned before. Opterons does perform well, especially compared to the first and second generation xeon's. But when woodcrest and clowertown were introduced opteron was more or less left behind. Maby AMD's new barcelona will change the picture. -- regards Claus When lenity and cruelty play for a kingdom, the gentlest gamester is the soonest winner. Shakespeare