AMD's dual core Opteron & Athlon 64 X2 - Server/Desktop Performance Preview
by Anand Lal Shimpi, Jason Clark & Ross Whitehead on April 21, 2005 9:25 AM EST- Posted in
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SQL Stress Results
The SQL Stress results have changed somewhat from some of our earlier articles using this tool. We did a revamp of the tool itself, which is more performant on high volume queries. Also, we lengthened the test time to 20 minutes and changed the queries around some to reflect our current FuseTalk version.The Quad Xeon prevailed in this test, due to the small size of the data being manipulated by the CPU. The Xeon doesn't have to go off the processor for data nearly as often as it does in our Heavy workload tests. The Quad Xeon 3.6 with 1MB of L2 squeaked by the Dual Core 875 with a 5% margin, while the 3.3GHz with 8MB of L3 managed nearly a 10% lead. Obviously, with a smaller data set, we're not fully utilizing the 8MB of L3 that the Potomac Xeons offer.
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StrangerGuy - Thursday, April 21, 2005 - link
I find it strange why AMD did not release <2.2GHz A64 X2s? Maybe due to manufacturing issues?LX - Thursday, April 21, 2005 - link
How will the bandwidth limited X2 be affected by overclocking?Chunkee - Thursday, April 21, 2005 - link
Nicely done. The price will be a factor as usual. Does the performance gain justify the cost? For the enthusiast yes, but I will wait a bit. My 754 setup with a raptor still rocks plenty enough for me. The technology improvements are great. I will always be a big AMD Fan.jC
linkgoron - Thursday, April 21, 2005 - link
not bad... but AMD should make <500$ athlon 64 X2 CPUS