Linux 2.6 And Hyper-Threading

Posted by timothy on Monday February 23, 2004 @12:37PM from the bits-and-pieces dept.

David Peters writes "2CPU.com has posted an article on Hyper-Threading performance in Linux. They use Gentoo 1.4 and kernel 2.6.2 and run through several server-oriented benchmarks like Apache, MySQL and even Java server performance with Blackdown 1.4. The hardware they use in the tests is border-line ridiculous (3.2GHz Xeons, 3.2GHz P4 and P4 Prescott) and the results are actually quite interesting. It's a good read as he even takes the time to detail his system configuration all the way down to the CFLAGS used while compiling the software."

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Says who? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-02-23 12:51 · Score: 5, Interesting

The hardware they use in the tests is border-line ridiculous

I'm typing this on a 3.0 GHz Pentium 4 that has hyperthreading. The entire system cost me $1200 to build just before Christmas - including 1GB of RAM, a Radeon 9800 Pro video card and a 120GB SATA hard drive. Dell and IBM sell 3GHz notebooks now for a similar price.

My point is that a 3.2GHz CPU is not ridiculous in an age where 2.66GHz processors are considered entry-level (FYI, Dell is currently selling a 2.66GHz desktop for $499).

What are you still running on? A 486?