Performance Scaling – Two-Socket and Four-Socket Servers 
 
SPEC, SPECint, and SPECfp are registered trademarks of the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation. The SPECint_rate and SPECfp_rate results stated below are based upon data submitted to Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation as of May 21, 2009. The STREAM results are based on measurements at AMD performance labs as of May 21, 2009. The SPECint_rate and SPECfp_rate comparisons presented below are based on the best performing two-socket and four-socket servers using AMD Opteron™ processor Models 2435 and 8435. For the latest results, visit www.spec.org and www.amd.com.

Configuration Information

STREAM:
21GB/s using 2 x Six-Core AMD Opteron™ processors ("Istanbul") Model 2435 in Supermicro H8DMU+ motherboard, 16GB (8x2GB DDR2-800) memory, SuSE Linux® Enterprise Server 10 SP1 64-bit

42GB/s using 4 x Six-Core AMD Opteron™ processors ("Istanbul") Model 8435 in Tyan Thunder n4250QE (S4985-E) server, 32GB (16x2GB DDR2-800) memory, SuSE Linux® Enterprise Server 10 SP1 64-bit

SPECfp®_rate2006:
143 using 2 x Six-Core AMD Opteron™ processors ("Istanbul") Model 2435 in Supermicro A+ Server 1021M-UR+B server, 32GB (8x4GB DDR2-800) memory, 250GB SATA disk drive, SuSE Linux® Enterprise Server 10 SP2 64-bit

276 using 4 x Six-Core AMD Opteron™ processors ("Istanbul") Model 8435 in Tyan Transport TX46 server, 64GB (16x4GB DDR2-800) memory, 250GB SATA disk drive, Red Hat Enterprise Linux® Server release 5.2 64-bit

SPECint®_rate2006:
205 using 2 x Six-Core AMD Opteron™ processors ("Istanbul") Model 2435 in Supermicro A+ Server 1021M-UR+B server, 32GB (8x4GB DDR2-800) memory, 250GB SATA disk drive, SuSE Linux® Enterprise Server 10 SP2 64-bit

402 using 4 x Six-Core AMD Opteron™ processors ("Istanbul") Model 8435 in Tyan Transport TX46 server, 64GB (16x4GB DDR2-800) memory, 250GB SATA disk drive, Red Hat Enterprise Linux® Server release 5.2 64-bit