Duel of the Titans: Opteron vs. Xeon
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| AMD Processors (Socket 940) | |
|---|---|
| n/a FSB Dual DDR 333 (166 MHz) | Opteron 1.8 GHz (1800 MHz / 128/1024 kB) |
| AMD Processors (Socket A) | |
| 166 MHz FSB (DUAL DDR333) | Athlon XP 3000+ (2166 MHz 128/512 kB)Athlon XP 2800+ (2083 MHz 128/512 kB)Athlon XP 2500+ (1833 MHz 128/512 kB) |
| 166 MHz FSB (DUAL DDR333) | Athlon XP 2700+ (2166 MHz 128/256 kB) |
| 133 MHz FSB (DUAL DDR266) | Athlon XP 2600+ (2133 MHz 128/256 kB)Athlon XP 2400+ (2000 MHz 128/256 kB) |
| Intel Processors (Socket 604) | |
| 133 MHz FSB (Dual DDR266) HT | Xeon 3.06 GHz (3066 MHz 12-8/512 kB) |
| Intel Processors (Socket 603) | |
| 100 MHz FSB (Dual RD PC800) HT | Xeon 2.8 GHz (2800 MHz 12-8/512 kB) |
| Intel Processors (Socket 478) | |
| 200 MHz FSB (Dual DDR400) HT | Pentium 4 3.00 GHz (3000 MHz 12-8/512 kB) |
| 133 MHz FSB (Dual DDR333) HT133 MHz FSB (RD PC1066) HT | Pentium 4 3.06 GHz (3066 MHz 12-8/512 kB) |
| 133 MHz FSB (Dual DDR333) | Pentium 4 2.80 GHz (2800 MHz 12-8/512 kB)Pentium 4 2.66 GHz (2800 MHz 12-8/512 kB)Pentium 4 2.53 GHz (2533 MHz 12-8/512 kB) |
| Memory | |
| PC 1066 (533 MHz) | 2 x 256 MB / 32ns / 16 Bit (Kingston) |
| DDR400 (200 MHz) | 2 x 256 MB / 5ns / 64 Bit (Corsair) |
| PC 800 (400 MHz) | 4 x 256 MB / 45ns / 16 Bit (Infineon) |
| DDR333 (166 MHz) ECC, REG. | 4 x 512 MB / 6ns / 64 Bit (Infineon) |
| DDR266 (133 MHz) ECC, REG | 2 x 256 MB / |
| Motherboard | |
| Intel 850E | Asus P4T533-C Rev : 1.03Bios : 1010 BETA 001 (1/20/2003) |
| Nvidia nForce2 | Asus A7N8X Rev : 1.03Bios : 1002 Beta 004 |
| Intel 875 | Asus P4C800 Rev : 1.03Bios : 1003 Beta 3 |
| Intel 860 | MSI MS-6508 Rev : 1Bios : |
| Intel 7505 | Intel SE7505VB2 Rev : unknownBios : |
| Common Hardware | |
| Graphics Card | ATI Radeon 9700 ProMemory : 128 MB DDR-SDRAMMemory Clock : 620 MHz (256 Bit)Chip Clock : 325 MHz |
| Hard Drive | 40 GB, 6L040J2, MaxtorUDMA100, 7200 rpm, 2 MB Cache |
| Network | D-Link DFE-530TX (10/100 Mbit) |
| CDROM | Asus 52x |
| Drivers | |
| Intel Chipset | V 5.00.1009 |
| Intel IAA | V 2.3.0.2160 |
| Nvidia nForce | Asus V1.16 |
| Graphics Driver | CATALYST 3.2 Version : 6.14.01.6307ATI Control Panel Version : 6.14.10.4029 |
| DirectX | Version : 9a |
| OS | Windows XP, Build 2600 SP1 (English)Linux Enterprise 8.1 |
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| Server Benchmarks under Linux 32/64 Bit | |
|---|---|
| Database test | MySQL 3.23.52 - 32 Bit SuSE Enterprise 8MySQL 3.23.52 - 64 Bit SuSE Enterprise 8 |
| Memory transfer | Stream 5.1 with customizations - 64 Bit |
| FPU/Integer performance | Unixbench 4.1 (Drystone/Whetstone) |
| FPU performance | Whetstone with 3 compiler flags |
| NASA Benchmark 1 | ARC 2D (Euler algorithm, depth 100) |
| NASA Benchmark 2 | NPB (BT, CG, EP, IS, LU, MG, SP) |
| Samba File Transfer 1 | D-Bench 2.0 (MB/s) |
| Samba File Transfer 2 | T-Bench 2.0 (MB/s) |
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| Workstation Benchmarks under Windows XP | |
|---|---|
| 3D Rendering | Lightwave 7.5 Build 572Cinema 4D XL 8.0013D Studio Max 5.1 |
| MP3 Audio Encoding | mp3 Maker Platinium 3.04 |
| MPEG-2 Video Encoding | Pinnacle Studio 8.5Main Concept 1.3.1 |
| File compression | Winrar 3.11 |
| CPU and Multimedia Bench | PC Mark 2002SiSoft Sandra 2003 SP1 |
We used several different benchmark tests in order to give you a complete and balanced picture of how the two servers performed. The benchmark results from various desktop and workstation CPUs provide a general overview.
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