2009/6/7 Hideki Kato <[email protected]>:
> Łukasz, is the program multi-threaded?

Is is single threaded and 32-bit.

>
> Corei7 920 runs about 7% slower than core2 at the same clock.
> Possibly due to the optimized code for core2?

That is my belief.

I will reconsider buying i7.
Thank you for your benchmarks.

Lukasz

>
> Experimental results follow.
>
> On a 3 GHz (333 x 9) core2 Q6600:
> 200000 playouts in 1.49209 seconds
> 134.04 kpps
> 44.6798 kpps/GHz (clock independent)
> 105316/94359 (black wins / white wins),
>
> Average of the middle 10 of 12 runs is 44.79506 kpps/GHz.
> Raw data: 44.6798, 44.7951, 44.8276, 44.8207, 44.8398, 44.6887,
> 44.8317, 44.8491, 44.782, 44.7216, 44.7983, 44.8451
>
> On a 3.6 GHz (180 x 20) corei7 920:
> 200000 playouts in 1.34808 seconds
> 148.359 kpps
> 41.2643 kpps/GHz (clock independent)
> 105316/94359 (black wins / white wins),
> Average of the middle 10 of 12 runs is 41.57643 kpps/GHz.
> Raw data: 41.2643, 41.9025, 41.3732, 41.5582, 41.1666, 41.4887,
> 41.7724, 41.9751, 41.6362, 41.787, 41.269, 41.7128
>
> On a 3 GHz (150 x 20) corei7 920:
> 200000 playouts in 1.6001 seconds
> 124.992 kpps
> 40.1661 kpps/GHz (clock independent)
> 105316/94359 (black wins / white wins),
> Average of the middle 10 of 12 runs is 41.79165 kpps/GHz.
> Raw data: 40.1661, 41.8626, 41.8366, 41.687, 41.7099, 41.9556,
> 41.3053, 41.9335, 41.8255, 41.8838, 42.077, 41.9167
>
> With hyper threading on (3 GHz 920):
> 200000 playouts in 1.5881 seconds
> 125.937 kpps
> 41.9898 kpps/GHz (clock independent)
> 105316/94359 (black wins / white wins),
> Average of the middle 10 of 12 runs is 41.82533 kpps/GHz.
> Raw data: 41.9898, 42.0318, 42.0503, 41.947, 40.6079, 41.7033,
> 42.0283, 41.8386, 41.5187, 41.8013, 41.9114, 41.4831
>
> Hideki
>
> Łukasz Lew: <[email protected]>:
>>2009/6/6 Hideki Kato <[email protected]>:
>>> Hi Lukasz,
>>>
>>> I have five core2 and one i7 computers running at home.  I prefer i7,
>>> though don't have exact measure.
>>>
>>> The most important difference is the memory interface, ie, core2
>>> uses a obsolete common bus (FSB) while i7 uses p2p connection with
>>> an internal (on chip) memory controller.  Also, core2 uses DDR2
>>> (obsolete) and i7 uses DDR3 memory modules.
>>
>>I know the technical differences. I just wonder do they matter in
>>practice of computer-go
>>
>>
>>>
>>> On overclocking, i7 performs better.  i7 920 (cheapest model) runs at
>>> 3.6 GHz (C0 stepping; recent D0 is said at 4 GHz) while core2 Q9550
>>> (middle range model) runs at 3.2 GHz, with a rather silent air
>>> cooling.
>>
>>thanks.
>>
>>>
>>> If you have a benchmark program please send me.  Ubuntu Linux or
>>> WIndows XP is fine.
>>>
>>
>>http://www.mimuw.edu.pl/~lew/engine.gz
>>please run with:
>>./engine --seed 123 -b
>>
>>FYI it tests only the processor, not the memory and is optimized for core2.
>>
>>> Ah, I don't prefer two sockets SMP computers since we will have hexa
>>> and octa core chips soon (next year? I don't remember).
>>
>>I agree.
>>
>>>
>>> Hideki
>>>
>>> Łukasz Lew: <[email protected]>:
>>>>Hi
>>>>
>>>>I have few days to buy a computer for Monte-carlo Go program.
>>>>There is not enough money for a multi processor, so I have to decide between
>>>>- core i7 2.66 GHz
>>>>- some core2 quad
>>>>both subjected to over-clocking.
>>>>
>>>>Have you observed that Monte-Carlo Go program is faster on core i7
>>>>than on core2 ?
>>>>
>>>>Lukasz
>>>>PS
>>>>Or have you found some cheap solutions for shared memory dual processor?
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