Xeon vs. Opteron Performance Benchmarks

QuickSand writes "Anand got his hands on some of Intel and AMD's enterprise processors including 4MB L3 Xeons, and put them to the test. Results were a little varied as 4-way Opteron systems seemed to fare the best, although dual Xeon configurations almost always beat dual Opterons. The exact benchmarks are here."

Comments

xeon vs opteron?

[Anonymous Coward]

How about Athlon? How Ghz is better, right?

Re:xeon vs opteron?

[Anonymous Coward]

Pfft. An Apple 2GHz dual PPC is 4,537% faster, STEVE JOBS NEVER LIES!

Pffft. These Intel vs. AMD flamewars are pointless

[Can it run Linux]

because EVERYONE knows that Intel always wins.

summer cottage?

[SuperBanana]

for-your-summer-cottage's-data-farm

Ah, so for all our college-student friends, that would be "the parents' house"?

Re:IA-32e vs IA-32

[Anonymous Coward]

No desktop versions will use new socket-775.

Re:Suck...

[Hektor_Troy]

It's called an Opterion!

Well, you can get dual Opterions, that is correct, but they seem to be contact lenses. Not sure you're like to plug that in to a motherboard ... at least not while wearing them.

2 is better than 1

[ssbljk]

Results were a little varied as 4-way Opteron systems seemed to fare the best, although dual Xeon configurations almost always beat dual Opterons.

well, I prefere 2 machines with 1 Opteron each than 1 machine with 2 Xeons :)

Hmm

[Trailer Trash]

...4-way Opteron systems seemed to fair the best...

Did they fare well, also?

Re:Hmm

[Anonymous Coward]

They fared fairly well. But to be fair, let's wait until the tech fair to see a head-to-head comparison. Too bad I can barely afford the bus fare... It's not fair.

Re:Back to Intel Fanboy

[hyperstation]

you know, you're supposed to outfit those AMD processors with fans, heatsinks, and some of that thermal paste....

Re:Suck...

[Wrexen]

Here at /. we have a long history of mispelling AMD products, going all the way back to the Athalon!

Re:Back to Intel Fanboy

[Mr Guy]

And, as we all know, the plural of anecdote is indeed "data".

Re:Price vs. Performance

[Mr Guy]

Boy I'd like to see a beowu... oh.

Re:Back to Intel Fanboy

[crabpeople]

maybe you need more fans

fanboy.

Re:IA-32e vs IA-32

[LordHunter317]

This makes me want to throw up. The last motherboard purchase I made, it was a chore finding one with the _least_ amount of features. Need an AMR riser slot? Fuck no, I'd rather have the PCI slot back.
You do realize it costs much less to put a AMR or CNR slot on a motherboard then a PCI slot right?

Need integrated sound? No, integrated sound makes my already bad speakers sound worse. It must've been tough figuring out how to make a decade's worth of improvements in technology amount to nothing. I have an ISA soundblaster from 10 years ago that sounds better than the onboard sound on my last motherboard.
Now its obvious you're trolling. Say what you want about AC97-based onboard sound (which nearly everythign is), but its good enough. Your speakers are much more likely the problem. The long and short is that all PC sounds cards equally suck until you get to professional grade gear.

Need integrated video? I won't begrudge you this. Some people build clusters with their motherboards, and a video card is needed to boot, but if I have a choice I won't buy a mobo with integrated video.
What does having this cost you? Its not like you have to use it, or that boards with onboard video cost signifcantly more.

Re:No Surpises Here

[BenjyD]

because their processor cores are running at almost 50 per cent faster

Because everyone knows more of them megahurtzy things is good,right?