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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This is yet another benchmark where Intel dominates and the Xeon E5472 performs better than the same clocked Xeon X5365. Harpertown is as much as 39% faster than Barcelona.
Here we see similar results to previous CPU utilization graphs.
Again, Intel is getting closer to AMD power use, but they're not quite there (and likely won't be while using FB-DIMMs).
Harpertown is once more the clear leader here. Harpertown is able to lead Barcelona by as much as 22%. In this test, however, Barcelona is able to surpass Clovertown efficiency.
This is yet another benchmark where Intel dominates and the Xeon E5472 performs better than the same clocked Xeon X5365. Harpertown is as much as 39% faster than Barcelona.
Here we see similar results to previous CPU utilization graphs.
Again, Intel is getting closer to AMD power use, but they're not quite there (and likely won't be while using FB-DIMMs).
Harpertown is once more the clear leader here. Harpertown is able to lead Barcelona by as much as 22%. In this test, however, Barcelona is able to surpass Clovertown efficiency.
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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.