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10th September 2007, 10:42 | #1 |
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| AMD's quad-core Opteron 2300 "Barcelona" CPU Review Somewhere around mid-morning this past Friday, a rather large package made its way into the depths of Damage Labs. Inside was a server containing something very special: a pair of AMD's new quad-core Opteron processors. The chip code-named "Barcelona" has been something of an enigma during its development, both because of questions about exactly when it would arrive and how it would perform when it did. After a long, hot weekend of non-stop testing, we have some answers to those questions. AMD is formally introducing its Barcelona-based Opteron 2300-series processors today, so the time is now. As for the performance, well, keep reading to see exactly how the new Opterons compare to Intel's quad-core Xeons. http://techreport.com/articles.x/13176
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| At least they keep the price level low but selling an expensive chip cheaper than the competitors product that is cheaper to make hurts. |
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| AMD seems to be pulling off some good results in the server tests. Single chip desktop use, aka Phenom is about the worst case scenario for Barcelona. I'd rather AMD perform well in the server space than in the desktop space... they only make their real money from the server market. Also I am looking forward to some updated boards, old boards do not support Barcelona's split power plane ability, and so the onboard memory controller is effectively running "underclocked". Anandtech's Server-side review uses a board that supports this ability, but I don't think TR's setup can. |
10th September 2007, 14:14 | #5 |
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| This is different from Anand's conclusion, where Phenom is about 15% faster clock for clock. |
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| 15% over K8 is not enough to come even with Core 2 Duo...
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