Re: UltraSPARC versus AMD

pgsql-general-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org wrote on 04/22/2005 10:08:46 AM:

> On Fri, 2005-04-22 at 09:48, Richard_D_Levine(at)raytheon(dot)com wrote:
> > I just got done comparing SPECMarks (on spec.org) between Sun's AMD
entry
> > level servers versus similarly configured UltraSPARCs versus desktop
AMD
> > based machines. Sun's AMD machines are twice as fast as their
UItraSPARCs,
> > for approximately the same price. What a hoot.
>
> Wow. I'd certainly like to see the numbers and such from your
> benchmarks. I have to say I'm not surprised, the 64 bit AMD chips are
> quite impressive pieces of hardware.

The benchmarks aren't mine, they're standard performance evaluation (SPEC)
defined by spec.org

http://www.spec.org

Click on the desired benchmark (I was referring to the CPU benchmarks) and
click on "published results".

The manufacturers (Sun, Dell, HP, etc.) buy the benchmarks, configure their
best compiler for speed, run them, and submit the results. My point is
that Sun ran the benchmarks, under very strict rules set forth by SPEC.

Rick

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