In Tests Opteron Shows Efficiency Edge Over Intel, Again 98
Ted Samson writes "In their latest round of energy-efficiency tests between AMD Opteron and Intel Xeon, independent testing firm Neal Nelson and Associates find AMD still holds an edge, but it's certainly not cut-and-dried. Nelson put similarly equipped servers through another gauntlet of tests, swapping in different amounts of memory and varying transaction loads. In the end, he found that the more memory he installed on the servers, the better the Opteron performed compared to the Xeon. Additionally, at maximum throughput, the Intel system fared better, power-efficiency-wise, by 5.0 to 5.5 percent for calculation intensive workloads. For disk I/O intensive workloads, AMD delivered better power efficiency by 18.4 to 18.6 percent. And in idle states — that is, when servers were waiting for their next work load — AMD consistently creamed Intel."
Horrible picture in my head . . . (Score:5, Funny)
Xeon?
Why do these top of the line processors sound like character names from crummy 1980-vintage cartoons about giant robots who talk like street thugs?
"I'm calling you out Xeon! You will be defeated and all Processaria will bow before my superior power stats!"
"You're a fool if you believe those benchmarks Opteron! The true power is Inside!" (duh-Dah-dumm!)
Efficient Post! (Score:5, Funny)
For a really good test, they should compare AMD to an empty carboard box, and see which one uses more power when processing no transactions.
FTFA (Score:4, Funny)
It's all so clear dark to me now...
Re:Horrible picture in my head . . . (Score:3, Funny)
Maybe because the folks currently running these companies grew up watching crummy 1980-vintage cartoons about giant robots who talk like street thugs?