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POWER7® means high performance, high capacity, and near linear scaling. The benchmark and performance data below demonstrate how IBM solutions can be optimized for a wide variety of workloads, each one providing you with performance you can count on.
Multiuser performance
| Technology | Chips | Cores | Threads | GHz | rPerf* | CPW** |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POWER7 | 2 | 16 | 64 | 3.1 | 165.3 | 88,800 |
| POWER7 | 4 | 32 | 128 | 3.1 | 306.74 | 155,850 |
| POWER7 | 6 | 48 | 192 | 3.1 | 443.06 | 229,800 |
| POWER7 | 8 | 64 | 256 | 3.1 | 579.39 | 292,7001 |
| POWER7 | 2 | 16 | 64 | 3.3 | 173.1 | 93,000 |
| POWER7 | 4 | 32 | 128 | 3.3 | 321.2 | 162,000 |
| POWER7 | 6 | 48 | 192 | 3.3 | 464.0 | 252,700 |
| POWER7 | 8 | 64 | 256 | 3.3 | 606.8 | 321,100 |
| POWER7 | 2 | 12 | 48 | 3.5 | 140.75 | 73,100 |
| POWER7 | 4 | 24 | 96 | 3.5 | 261.19 | 131,050 |
| POWER7 | 6 | 36 | 144 | 3.5 | 377.28 | -- |
| POWER7 | 8 | 48 | 192 | 3.5 | 493.37 | 248,5501 |
| POWER7 | 2 | 12 | 48 | 3.7 | 147.5 | 77,000 |
| POWER7 | 4 | 24 | 96 | 3.7 | 273.7 | 135,900 |
| POWER7 | 6 | 36 | 144 | 3.7 | 395.4 | 211,000 |
| POWER7 | 8 | 48 | 192 | 3.7 | 517.0 | 270,500 |
1 The 64-core system was configured with two 32-core partitions. The 48-core system was configured with two 24-core partitions.
SPEC CPU2006 performance
| Technology | Chips | Cores | Threads | GHz | OS | SPEC int_rate |
SPEC fp_rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POWER7 | 8 | 64 | 256 | 3.1 | AIX 6.1 | 2,140 | 1,900 |
| POWER7 | 8 | 48 | 192 | 3.5 | AIX 6.1 | 1,930 | 1,760 |
SPECjbb2005 performance
| Technology | Chips | Cores | Threads | GHz | OS | BOPS | BOPS/jvm | JVM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POWER7 | 8 | 64 | 256 | 3.1 | AIX 6.1 | 4,604,894 | 71,951 | 64 |
LINPACK performance
| Technology | Chips | Cores | Threads | GHz | OS | HPC Gflops | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HPC | Peak | ||||||
| POWER7 | 8 | 64 | 64 | 3.1 | AIX 6.1 | 1,506 | 1,749 |
For details on these and all other benchmarks published by IBM Power Systems, see the Power Systems Performance Report.
For details on SPEC results, see http://www.spec.org/ (link resides outside of ibm.com)
For details on TPC results, see http://www.tpc.org/ (link resides outside of ibm.com)
For details on SAP benchmarks, see http://www.sap.com/benchmark (link resides outside of ibm.com)
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.
