>>>>> "Atom" == Atom Powers <[email protected]> writes:
Atom> Xeon vs Opteron? Atom> The Xeon 5600 series is either 4-core or 6-core. Atom> The Opteron 6100 series is either 8-core or 12-core. Atom> It would seem that the Opteron is the better compute server, Atom> especially since most SuperMicro chipsets support 50% more Atom> memory in the Opteron than Xeon. But then why is the Xeon more Atom> expensive? If your compute job is inherently parallel, and can be split algorithimcally easily, then the Opterons *may* be good. But at $WORK, with EDA apps (Cadence, Synopsys, Magma, etc) which scale poorly across mutiple CPUs, we're still locked into "buy the fastest CPU possible, with lots of memory too" model. Sucks. Atom> Are there some features I don't know about that make the Xeon Atom> that much better than the Opteron? Pure speed on a per-core basis basically. John _______________________________________________ Tech mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
