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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Again, Intel is able to dominate the Opterons. Harpertown is noticeably faster than the same clocked Clovertown. Harpertown is also able to lead by as much as 56% over Barcelona.
In this test we see that the quad-core CPUs do not exhibit results similar to previous tests. The Intel quad-core parts use a little more CPU than the AMD quad-core part.
Similar results to AS3AP with Xeon E5472 not being as conservative on power as the Opterons.
Despite slightly higher power use, the performance advantage results in the Xeon E5472 dominating the results. It is as much as 41% better than the other offerings. Again, Barcelona is comparable to Clovertown in performance/watt.
Again, Intel is able to dominate the Opterons. Harpertown is noticeably faster than the same clocked Clovertown. Harpertown is also able to lead by as much as 56% over Barcelona.
In this test we see that the quad-core CPUs do not exhibit results similar to previous tests. The Intel quad-core parts use a little more CPU than the AMD quad-core part.
Similar results to AS3AP with Xeon E5472 not being as conservative on power as the Opterons.
Despite slightly higher power use, the performance advantage results in the Xeon E5472 dominating the results. It is as much as 41% better than the other offerings. Again, Barcelona is comparable to Clovertown in performance/watt.
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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.