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Multiuser performance - AIX V5.3*
Processor	GHz	L3 cache (MB)	rPerf**	SPEC CPU2006				SPEC jbb 2005
Processor	GHz	L3 cache (MB)	rPerf**	int rate	int rate base	fp rate	fp rate base	SPEC jbb 2005
2-core POWER6	3.5	32	15.85	--	--	--	--	--
4-core POWER6	3.5	64	31.69	--	--	--	--	--
8-core POWER6	3.5	128	58.95	--	--	--	--	--
12-core POWER6	3.5	192	83.35	--	--	--	--	--
16-core POWER6	3.5	256	105.75	--	--	--	--	--
2-core POWER6	4.2	32	18.38	--	--	--	--	--
4-core POWER6	4.2	64	38.76	--	--	--	--	--
8-core POWER6	4.2	128	68.38	--	--	--	--	--
12-core POWER6	4.2	192	96.68	--	--	--	--	--
16-core POWER6	4.2	256	122.67	--	--	--	--	--
2-core POWER6	4.7	32	20.13	60.9	53.2	58.0	51.5	88,089
4-core POWER6	4.7	64	40.26	122	106	115	102	175,474
8-core POWER6	4.7	128	74.89	240	206	213	189	346,742
12-core POWER6	4.7	192	105.89	--	--	--	--	--
16-core POWER6	4.7	256	134.35	478	410	426	379	691,975

Multiuser performance - IBM i (6.1)
Processor		GHz		L3 cache (MB)		SPEC jbb 2005
Processor		GHz		L3 cache (MB)		SPEC jbb 2005	8-core POWER6		4.7		128		345,809‡

‡ Submitted to SPEC; awaiting review

Multiuser performance - Linux (RHEL5.1)*
Processor	GHz	L3 cache (MB)	SPEC CPU2006				SPEC jbb 2005
Processor	GHz	L3 cache (MB)	int rate	int rate base	fp rate	fp rate base	SPEC jbb 2005
4-core POWER6	4.7	64	122	108	116	98.8	169,304
8-core POWER6	4.2	128	243	210	216	185	335,424
16-core POWER6	4.7	256	484	420	430	369	664,167

Multiuser performance - Linux (SLES10 SP1)*
Processor	GHz	L3 cache (MB)	SPEC CPU2006				SPEC jbb 2005
Processor	GHz	L3 cache (MB)	int rate	int rate base	fp rate	fp rate base	SPEC jbb 2005
4-core POWER6	4.7	64	118	105	115	97.5	--
8-core POWER6	4.7	128	234	204	215	182	--
16-core POWER6	4.7	256	466	407	428	364	--

SPEC and LINPACK performance - AIX V5.3*
Processor	GHz	L3 cache (MB)	SPEC CPU2006				LINPACK
Processor	GHz	L3 cache (MB)	int	int base	fp	fp base	HPC
1-core POWER6	4.7	32	21.6	17.8	22.3	18.7	15,530
4-core POWER6	4.7	64	--	--	--	--	61,560
8-core POWER6	4.7	128	--	--	--	--	120,600
16-core POWER6	4.7	256	--	--	--	--	239,400

SPEC and LINPACK performance – Linux (RHEL5.1)*
Processor	GHz	L3 cache (MB)	SPEC CPU2006				LINPACK
Processor	GHz	L3 cache (MB)	int	int base	fp	fp base	HPC
1-core POWER6	4.7	64	21.7	17.8	22.5	18.1	--
4-core POWER6	4.7	64	--	--	--	--	60,370
8-core POWER6	4.7	128	--	--	--	--	116,400
16-core POWER6	4.7	256	--	--	--	--	229,400

SPEC and LINPACK performance – Linux (SLES10 SP1)*
Processor	GHz	L3 cache (MB)	SPEC CPU2006				LINPACK
Processor	GHz	L3 cache (MB)	int	int base	fp	fp base	HPC
1-core POWER6	4.7	64	21.3	17.5	22.4	17.8	--
4-core POWER6	4.7	64	--	--	--	--	60,080
8-core POWER6	4.7	128	--	--	--	--	118,400
16-core POWER6	4.7	256	--	--	--	--	235,100

SPEC OMP performance - AIX V5.3*
Processor		GHz		L3 cache (MB)		SPEC OMP2001
Processor		GHz		L3 cache (MB)		Threads		Mpeak		Mbase
16-core POWER6		4.7		256		32		86,624		86,624

SPEC OMP performance - Linux (RHEL5.1)*
Processor		GHz		L3 cache (MB)		SPEC OMP2001
Processor		GHz		L3 cache (MB)		Threads		Mpeak		Mbase
16-core POWER6		4.7		256		16		94,350		84,017

SPEC OMP performance - Linux (SLES10 SP1)*
Processor		GHz		L3 cache (MB)		SPEC OMP2001
Processor		GHz		L3 cache (MB)		Threads		Mpeak		Mbase
16-core POWER6		4.7		256		16		85,533		74,670

SAP performance - AIX V5.3, SD 2-Tier*
Processor	GHz	L3 cache (MB)	Steps /Hour (K)	Users S&D	Average Response Time	Fully Processed Line Items /Hour
4-core POWER6	4.7	64	611	2,035	1.99	203,670
8-core POWER6	4.7	128	1,207	4,010	1.96	402,330
16-core POWER6	4.7	256	2,404	8,000	1.98	801,330

SAP performance – Linux (RHEL5.1), SD 2-Tier*
Processor		GHz		L3 cache (MB)		Steps /Hour (K)		SAPS		Average Response Time		Fully Processed Line Items /Hour
8-core POWER6		4.2		128		938		15,630		1.91		312,670

TPC-C Version 5 performance - AIX V5.3*
Processor		GHz		L3 cache (MB)		tpmC		$/tpmC		Database		Availability Date
Processor		GHz		L3 cache (MB)		4-core POWER6				4.7			64		404,462.54		3.50		Oracle 10g		11/26/07
16-core POWER6		4.7		256		1,616,162.84		3.54		DB2 9.1		11/21/07

TPC-H 10000 GP (10TB) - AIX V5.3*
Processor		GHz		L3 cache (MB)		# Nodes		QphH		$/QphH		Database		Availability Date
Processor		GHz		L3 cache (MB)		# Nodes		4-core POWER6				4.7			64		32		343,551.2		32.89		DB2 Warehouse 9.5		04/15/08

CPW performance - (i 6.1)***
Processor	GHz	L3 cache (MB)	CPW
Processor	GHz	L3 cache (MB)	2-core POWER6	3.5	32	8,150
4-core POWER6	3.5	64	16,100
8-core POWER6	3.5	128	30,100
16-core POWER6	3.5	256	57,600
2-core POWER6	4.2	32	9,650
4-core POWER6	4.2	64	19,200
8-core POWER6	4.2	128	35,500
16-core POWER6	4.2	256	68,600
2-core POWER6	4.7	32	10,800
4-core POWER6	4.7	64	21,200
8-core POWER6	4.7	128	40,100
16-core POWER6	4.7	256	76,900

* Systems Performance Report

** rPerf (Relative Performance)

*** CPW (Commercial Processing Workload)

The benchmarks and values shown herein were derived using particular, well configured, development-level computer systems. Actual system performance may vary and is dependent upon many factors including system hardware configuration and software design and configuration. Additional information about these benchmarks and associated trademarks.

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