AMD Opteron 6174 vs. Intel Xeon 5670
In several posts, I have been following the launch of new processor series by both Intel and AMD. While both manufacturers are making bold claims about the capabilities of their processors, third-party performance tests are beginning to come out about who's got the better deal on a CPU.
I ran across one of these reviews on the internet, and I thought I'd share it on the blog. The article is titled ""AMD's 12-core ""Magny-Cours"" Opteron 6174 vs. Intel's 6-core Xeon"" and its from anandtech.com. So, what's the better deal, the new AMD Opterons or the new Intel Xeons? There is no simple answer, but here is a rough breakdown of what the testers at anandtech.com think about which processor would be the better choice for certain server functions.
AMD Opteron 6174:
- Data mining applications
- HPC
- Workstations (unless performing complex rendering)
- Applications based on transactional databases
- Virtualized servers (except for those with low VM counts)
AMD Opteron 6174 vs. Intel Xeon 5670
In several posts, I have been following the launch of new processor series by both Intel and AMD. While both manufacturers are making bold claims about the capabilities of their processors, third-party performance tests are beginning to come out about who's got the better deal on a CPU.
I ran across one of these reviews on the internet, and I thought I'd share it on the blog. The article is titled ""AMD's 12-core ""Magny-Cours"" Opteron 6174 vs. Intel's 6-core Xeon"" and its from anandtech.com. So, what's the better deal, the new AMD Opterons or the new Intel Xeons? There is no simple answer, but here is a rough breakdown of what the testers at anandtech.com think about which processor would be the better choice for certain server functions.
AMD Opteron 6174:
- Data mining applications
- HPC
- Workstations (unless performing complex rendering)
- Applications based on transactional databases
- Virtualized servers (except for those with low VM counts)