SPECfp®_rate2006 – Two-Socket Servers 
 
SPEC and SPECfp are registered trademarks of the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation. The result for Six-Core AMD Opteron™ processor Model 2435 is based upon data submitted to Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation as of May 21, 2009. The other results stated below reflect results published on http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/results/ as of May 21, 2009. The comparison presented below is based on the best performing two-socket servers using AMD Opteron™ processor Models 2435, 2389, 2356, and 2222 and Intel Xeon processor Models E5540, E5472, and E5450. For the latest SPECfp_rate2006 results, visit http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/results/.

Configuration Information

2 x Six-Core AMD Opteron™ processors ("Istanbul") Model 2435 in Supermicro A+ Server 1021M-UR+B server, 32GB (8x4GB DDR2-800) memory, 300GB SATA disk drive, SuSE Linux® Enterprise Server 10 SP1 64-bit

2 x Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ processors ("Shanghai") Model 2389 in Supermicro A+ Server 1021M-UR+B server, 32GB (8x4GB DDR2-800) memory, 300GB SATA disk drive, SuSE Linux® Enterprise Server 10 SP1 64-bit

2 x Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ processors ("Barcelona") Model 2356 in IBM BladeCenter LS22 server, 32GB (8x4GB DDR2-800) memory, 73GB SAS disk drive, SuSE Linux® Enterprise Server 10 SP1 64-bit

2 x Dual-Core AMD Opteron™ processors Model 2222 in HP ProLiant DL185 G5 server, 32GB (8x4GB DDR2-667) memory, 146GB SAS disk drive, SuSE Linux® Enterprise Server 10 SP1 64-bit

2 x Intel Xeon processors ("Gainestown") Model E5540 in Supermicro SuperServer 6026T-NTR+ server, 24GB (12x2GB DDR3-1066) memory, 150GB SATA disk drive, SuSE Linux® Enterprise Server 10 SP2 64-bit

2 x Quad-Core Intel Xeon processors ("Harpertown") Model E5472 in IBM System dx 360 server, 16GB (8x2GB DDR2-800 FB-DIMM) memory, 250GB SATA disk drive, SuSE Linux® Enterprise Server 10 SP1 64-bit

2 x Quad-Core Intel Xeon processors ("Harpertown") Model E5450 in Dell PowerEdge 2950 III server, 16GB (4x4GB DDR2-667 FB-DIMM) memory, 73GB SAS disk drive, SuSE Linux® Enterprise Server 10 SP2 64-bit