> I think there must be a typo on this page. In one place it claims > quad cpu, in another 12 cores.
The Opteron 6174 is a 12-core CPU (2.2Ghz), so that benchmark is 48 cores. (The sums below seem to bear this out.) > And the price won't buy 4 of those CPUs. But it is fast! $1133 from Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/AMD-Opteron-Magny-Cours-Processor-OS6174WKTCEGOWOF-/dp/B003BYRHL2 By the way, fascinating charts aren't they. The four Opteron 6174's 48 cores are "only" 3 times quicker than a single Intel Core i7 980X @ 3.33GHz (6 cores); but if you need a fast SMP machine then that becomes: it is an incredible 3 times quicker, and yet only just over 3 times the cost [1]. (If the Ghz was comparable it would be 4.5x quicker with 8 times the cores; so they are losing half the speed... somewhere...) Darren [1]: Yes, 4.5x the cost for just the CPUs, but add in another $800 for every else you need for a single CPU machine and $1200 for a multi-cpu machine, and it is $1800 vs. $5700. >> More poking around on that site finds: >> >> http://www.cpubenchmark.net/multi_cpu.html >> >> where the top performer is a quad cpu Opteron 6174 (12 cores / cpu) >> at a cost of $4536. What I don't see is who sells this unit! >> http://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html -- Darren Cook, Software Researcher/Developer http://dcook.org/gobet/ (Shodan Go Bet - who will win?) http://dcook.org/work/ (About me and my work) http://dcook.org/blogs.html (My blogs and articles) _______________________________________________ Computer-go mailing list [email protected] http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go
