IBM Power Systems performance benchmarks

Including performance benchmarks for Power servers, System p, and System i

IBM Power™ Systems demonstrate IBM's continued commitment to organizations of all sizes. The family of IBM Power Systems includes the new Power servers as well as earlier System p™ and System i™ servers. In addition to energy efficiency and virtualization technologies, Power systems offer outstanding performance. In fact, IBM Power Systems took the lead in over 70 key computing performance benchmarks. But don't take our word for it. Read the results below.

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TPC-C™

Evaluates online transaction processing using simulated order-entry and distribution environment applications.

A 2-core IBM System p5 520 (1.65 GHz, 1 chip, 4 threads) running Linux is the best 2-core system (81,439 tpmC, $2.99/tpmC, configuration available 12/22/06).
A 4-core IBM Power 570 (4.7 GHz, 2 chips, 8 threads) is the best 4-core system (404,462 tpmC, $3.50/tpmC, configuration available 11/26/07).
A 4-core IBM System p5 570 (2.2 GHz, 4 chips, 8 threads) is the best 4-core Linux system (236,271 tpmC, $2.56/tpmC, configuration available 04/04/08).
An 8-core IBM Power 550 (4.2 GHz, 4 chips, 16 threads) is the best 8-core system (629,159 tpmC, $2.49/tpmC, configuration available 04/20/08).
A 16-core IBM Power 570 (4.7 GHz, 8 chips, 32 threads) with IBM DB2® Enterprise 9 is the best 16-core system (1,616,162 tpmC, $3.54/tpmC, configuration available 11/21/07) and tops all 32-core systems.
A 32-core IBM eServer p5 595 (1.9 GHz) with Oracle 10g database is the best 32-core (1,601,784 tpmC, $5.05/tpmC, configuration available 04/20/05).
A 64-core IBM System p5 595 (2.3 GHz, 32 chips, 128 threads) with IBM DB2 9 is the best 64-core system (4,033,378 tpmC, $2.97/tpmC, configuration available 01/22/07).

Source: http://www.tpc.org

All benchmark claims are based on published information as of April 3, 2008.

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TPC-C is a trademark of the Transaction Performance Processing Council (TPPC).