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Subject: Re: Unexpected Opteron 1.8 Ghz Crafty results from SPEC CPU2000

Author: Bo Persson

Date: 04:24:25 05/10/03

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On May 08, 2003 at 16:23:45, Anthony Cozzie wrote:

>On May 08, 2003 at 14:51:15, Ricardo Gibert wrote:
>
>>http://www.aceshardware.com/#65000417
>>
>>They post results for both 32 bit and 64 bit binaries for a single cpu. What's
>>funny is the crafty section of the benchmark does not seem to benefit from 64
>>bit very much. Go figure.
>>
>>Also, the Athlon 3000+ still has the best result for the crafty section of the
>>benchmark regardless.
>>
>>What's going on?
>
>uhh, spec int 2k != crafty
>
>Yes, crafty is in it, but there are about 20 other programs . . .
>
>Remember the Opteron is a *server* chip.  Its designed for database/transaction
>processing workloads, which have a very different flavor than spec.

No, not really. *Server* chip just means *expensive*.

Intel also always launches new chips "for advanced server use", meaning "for
prople with a big budget".



Bo Persson
bop2@telia.com




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