IBM Power 6 performance

Posted by Marcus G. Daniels on May 21, 2007; 9:53pm
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/IBM-Power-6-performance-tp523880.html

Wow, looks like IBM will be taking names with the Power 6..  Some
benchmarks:

IBM System p570 1-core (4.7 GHz, 1 chip, 2 cores/chip,1 thread/core)
SPECint2006 result of 21.6
IBM System p570 1-core (4.7 GHz, 1 chip, 2 cores/chip,1 thread/core)
SPECfp2006 result of 22.3

vs.

3 Ghz Opteron 2222SE:  SPECint2006:  13.5
SPECfp2006: 14.3

vs.

3 Ghz Dell Xeon 5160, SPECint2006  3 Ghz:  17.5   (like a high end Mac Pro)
SPECfp2006: 15.3