SPECfp®_rate2006 – Two-Socket SE Server Performance Improvement 
 

The table below shows the SPECfp®_rate2006 performance improvement that can be achieved with enhanced Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ processors. For instance, a 148% performance improvement can be achieved with 2 x Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ processors Model 2386 SE compared to 2 x Dual-Core AMD Opteron™ processors Model 2220 SE (120 score vs. 48.3 score).

SPEC and SPECfp are registered trademarks of the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation. The results stated below reflect results published on http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/results/ as of January 12, 2009. The comparison presented below is based on the best performing two-socket servers using AMD processors with specified power of 119W TDP or 105W ACP. For the latest SPECfp_rate2006 results, visit http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/results/.


Configuration Information:

48.3 score using 2 x Dual-Core AMD Opteron™ processors Model 2220 SE in Tyan Thunder n4250QE motherboard, 8GB (8x1GB DDR2-667) memory, 74GB SATA disk drive, SuSE Linux® Enterprise Server 9 SP3 64-bit
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/results/res2007q1/cpu2006-20061224-00182.html

52.5 score using 2 x Dual-Core AMD Opteron™ processors Model 2222 SE in Supermicro H8DMR-82 motherboard, 16GB (8x2GB DDR2-667) memory, 120GB SATA disk drive, SuSE Linux® Enterprise Server 10 64-bit
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/results/res2007q3/cpu2006-20070703-01354.html

53.1 score using 2 x Dual-Core AMD Opteron™ processors Model 2224 SE in Tyan Thunder h2000M motherboard, 8GB (8x1GB DDR2-667) memory, 80GB SATA disk drive, SuSE Linux® Enterprise Server 10 64-bit
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/results/res2007q3/cpu2006-20070723-01516.html

90.5 score using 2 x Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ processors ("Barcelona") Model 2358 SE in Dell PowerEdge 2970 server, 16GB (4x4GB DDR2-667) memory, 73GB SAS disk drive, SuSE Linux® Enterprise Server 10 SP1 64-bit
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/results/res2008q3/cpu2006-20080801-04843.html

94.2 score using 2 x Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ processors ("Barcelona") Model 2360 SE in Dell PowerEdge 2970 server, 16GB (4x4GB DDR2-667) memory, 73GB SAS disk drive, SuSE Linux® Enterprise Server 10 SP1 64-bit
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/results/res2008q3/cpu2006-20080801-04851.html

120 score using 2 x Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ processors ("Shanghai") Model 2386 SE in Supermicro A+ Server 1021M-UR+B motherboard, 32GB (8x4GB DDR2-800) memory, 250GB SATA disk drive, SuSE Linux® Enterprise Server 10 SP2 64-bit