SPECint®_rate2006 – Two-Socket SE Performance Improvement 

 
The table below shows the SPECint®_rate2006 performance improvement that can be achieved with enhanced Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ processors. For instance, a 161% 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 (139 score vs. 53.2 score).
SPEC and SPECint 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 SPECint_rate2006 results, visit http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/results/.

Configuration Information:

53.2 score using 2 x Dual-Core AMD Opteron™ processors Model 2220 SE in HP ProLiant DL365 server, 32GB (8x4GB DDR2-667) memory, 72GB SAS disk drive, SuSE Linux® Enterprise Server 10 64-bit

60.4 score using 2 x Dual-Core AMD Opteron™ processors Model 2222 SE in Sun Ultra 40 M2 server, 32GB (8x4GB DDR2-667) memory, 160GB SATA disk drive, Solaris 10

60.7 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

104 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

108 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

139 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