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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SPECjbb2005
Evaluates the performance of servers running typical Java™ business applications by simulating an order processor for a wholesale supplier.
- A 2-core IBM Power 570 (4.7 GHz) running is the best 2-core system (88,089 business operations per sec (bops), 88,089 bops/JVM, 1 chip/2 cores/4 threads).
- A 4-core IBM Power 570 (4.7 GHz) is the best 4-core Linux system (169,304 business operations per sec (bops), 84,652 bops/JVM, 2 chips/4 cores/8 threads).
- An 8-core IBM Power 570 (4.7 GHz) is the best 8-core Linux system (335,424 business operations per sec (bops), 83,856 bops/JVM, 4 chips/8 cores/16 threads).
- A 16-core IBM Power 570 (5 GHz) is the best 16-core system (867,989 business operations per sec (bops), 108,499 bops/JVM, 8 chips/16 cores/32 threads).
- A 16-core IBM Power 570 (4.7 GHz) is the best 16-core Linux system (664,167 business operations per sec (bops), 83,021 bops/JVM, 8 chips/16 cores/32 threads).
- A 32-core IBM Power 595 (5 GHz) is the best 32-core system (1,530,343 business operations per sec (bops), 95,646 bops/JVM, 16 chips/32 cores/64 threads).
- A 32-core IBM Power 570 (4.2 GHz) is the best 32-core Linux system (1,243,824 business operations per sec (bops), 77,739 bops/JVM, 16 chips/32 cores/64 threads).
- A 64-core IBM Power 595 (5 GHz) is the best 64-core system (3,435,485 business operations per sec (bops), 107,359 bops/JVM, 32 chips/64 cores/128 threads).
Source: http://www.spec.org (link resides outside of ibm.com)
SPECjbb2000
Evaluates the performance of servers running typical Java business applications by simulating an order processor for a wholesale supplier.
- A 16-core IBM eServer p5 570 (1.9 GHz) is the best 16-core system (633,106 operations/sec).
- A 32-core IBM eServer p5 595 (1.9 GHz) is the best 32-core system running Linux (1,076,309 operations/sec).
- A 64-core IBM eServer p5 595 (1.9 GHz) is the best 64-core system (2,505,245 operations/sec).
Source: http://www.spec.org (link resides outside of ibm.com)
All benchmark claims are based on published information as of April 23, 2009.
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