Duel of the Titans: Opteron vs. Xeon

Test Setup And Details

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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) HTXeon 3.06 GHz (3066 MHz 12-8/512 kB)
Intel Processors (Socket 603)
100 MHz FSB (Dual RD PC800) HTXeon 2.8 GHz (2800 MHz 12-8/512 kB)
Intel Processors (Socket 478)
200 MHz FSB (Dual DDR400) HTPentium 4 3.00 GHz (3000 MHz 12-8/512 kB)
133 MHz FSB (Dual DDR333) HT133 MHz FSB (RD PC1066) HTPentium 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, REG2 x 256 MB /
Motherboard
Intel 850EAsus P4T533-C Rev : 1.03Bios : 1010 BETA 001 (1/20/2003)
Nvidia nForce2Asus A7N8X Rev : 1.03Bios : 1002 Beta 004
Intel 875Asus P4C800 Rev : 1.03Bios : 1003 Beta 3
Intel 860MSI MS-6508 Rev : 1Bios :
Intel 7505Intel SE7505VB2 Rev : unknownBios :
Common Hardware
Graphics CardATI Radeon 9700 ProMemory : 128 MB DDR-SDRAMMemory Clock : 620 MHz (256 Bit)Chip Clock : 325 MHz
Hard Drive40 GB, 6L040J2, MaxtorUDMA100, 7200 rpm, 2 MB Cache
NetworkD-Link DFE-530TX (10/100 Mbit)
CDROMAsus 52x
Drivers
Intel ChipsetV 5.00.1009
Intel IAAV 2.3.0.2160
Nvidia nForceAsus V1.16
Graphics DriverCATALYST 3.2 Version : 6.14.01.6307ATI Control Panel Version : 6.14.10.4029
DirectXVersion : 9a
OSWindows XP, Build 2600 SP1 (English)Linux Enterprise 8.1
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Server Benchmarks under Linux 32/64 Bit
Database testMySQL 3.23.52 - 32 Bit SuSE Enterprise 8MySQL 3.23.52 - 64 Bit SuSE Enterprise 8
Memory transferStream 5.1 with customizations - 64 Bit
FPU/Integer performanceUnixbench 4.1 (Drystone/Whetstone)
FPU performanceWhetstone with 3 compiler flags
NASA Benchmark 1ARC 2D (Euler algorithm, depth 100)
NASA Benchmark 2NPB (BT, CG, EP, IS, LU, MG, SP)
Samba File Transfer 1D-Bench 2.0 (MB/s)
Samba File Transfer 2T-Bench 2.0 (MB/s)
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Workstation Benchmarks under Windows XP
3D RenderingLightwave 7.5 Build 572Cinema 4D XL 8.0013D Studio Max 5.1
MP3 Audio Encodingmp3 Maker Platinium 3.04
MPEG-2 Video EncodingPinnacle Studio 8.5Main Concept 1.3.1
File compressionWinrar 3.11
CPU and Multimedia BenchPC 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.