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September 22, 2009
IBM posts leadership score for a single-socket server on SPECjbb2005 benchmark (PDF, 12KB)

x3250 M3 delivers top score for a single-socket server on SPECjbb2005
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IBM posts leadership SPECpower_ssj2008 result for single-socket x3250 M3 (PDF, 12KB)

x3250 M3 delivers leadership performance per watt for a single-socket server
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IBM posts SPEC CPU2006 scores for single-socket x3250 M3 (PDF, 20KB)

x3250 M3 achieves leadership SPECfp_base2006, SPECfp_rate_base2006 and SPECfp_rate2006 scores for a system using one Intel Xeon X3470 processor
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IBM posts results for single-socket server on SPECjbb2005 benchmark (PDF, 12KB)

x3200 M3 delivers outstanding performance for a single-socket server on SPECjbb2005
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IBM posts single-processor SPECpower_ssj2008 result for x3200 M3 (PDF, 12KB)

x3200 M3 delivers competitive performance per watt for a single-socket server
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IBM posts SPEC CPU2006 scores for single-socket x3200 M3 (PDF, 20KB)

x3200 M3 achieves leadership SPECint_base2006 score for a system using one Intel Xeon X3470 processor
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August 4, 2009
IBM System x iDataPlex dx360 M2 delivers leadership 2-processor score for SPECpower_ssj2008 benchmark (PDF, 20KB)

dx360 M2 demonstrates 8% improvement in power efficiency over previous leadership 2-processor score
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July 29, 2009
IBM posts SPEC MPI2007 results for new-generation x3550 M2 (PDF, 16KB)

x3550 M2 delivers leadership scores for 8-core-per-node systems with 1, 2, 4 or 8 nodes
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July 14, 2009 
IBM publishes world-record 2-processor performance and price/performance results on TPC-E benchmark (PDF, 12.97KB)

IBM System x3650 M2 delivers highest 2-processor performance and overall best price/performance on TPC-E
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June 30, 2009
IBM publishes leadership 8-processor, 48-core result on VMware’s VMmark virtualization benchmark (PDF, 12.57KB)

x3950 M2 delivers leading 8-socket and 48-core result for VMware® VMmark™ version 1.1 benchmark
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May 29, 2009
IBM publishes leadership 8-processor, 48-core result on VMware’s VMmark virtualization benchmark (PDF, 12KB)

x3950 M2 delivers leading 8-socket and 48-core result for VMware VMmark version 1.1 benchmark
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May 22, 2009
IBM posts leadership 2-processor SPECpower_ssj2008 score for dx360 M2 (PDF, 9.38KB)

IBM System x iDataPlex dx360 M2 achieves leadership score for a system using two Quad-Core Intel Xeon X5570 processors
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May 19, 2009
IBM posts SPEC CPU2006 scores for quad-core x3400 M2 (PDF, 15.56KB)

x3400 M2 achieves competitive scores for a 2-socket Intel processor-based system
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IBM posts excellent performance for a 2-socket x86-64 server on SPECjbb2005 benchmark (PDF, 9.56KB)

x3500 M2 delivers leadership results for a 2-socket tower server
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IBM posts SPEC CPU2006 scores for quad-core x3500 M2 (PDF, 15.49KB)

x3500 M2 achieves competitive scores for a 2-socket Intel processor-based system
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May 15, 2009
IBM posts leadership result for Oracle E-Business Suite Applications R12 Benchmark – Product Information Management Application (PDF, 12.50KB)

IBM System x3850 M2 achieves leadership score running Oracle E-Business Suite Product Information Management Application version 12 benchmark with Oracle 10g database 32-bit (10.2.0.3)
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IBM posts leadership result for Oracle E-Business Suite Applications R12 Benchmark – Payroll (Large Batch) Application (PDF, 12.50KB)

IBM System x3850 M2 achieves leadership score running Oracle E-Business Suite Payroll (Large Batch) Application version 12 benchmark with Oracle 10g database 32-bit (10.2.0.3)
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IBM posts SPECpower_ssj2008 result for new-generation x3650 M2 (PDF, 9.37KB)

x3650 M2 delivers leadership performance per watt for a 2-socket rack server
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IBM posts SPECpower_ssj2008 result for new-generation x3550 M2 (PDF, 9.37KB)

x3550 M2 delivers competitive performance per watt for a 2-socket server
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May 12, 2009
IBM posts leadership score for a single-socket server on SPECjbb2005 benchmark (PDF, 9.17KB)

x3200 M2 delivers top score for a single-socket server on SPECjbb2005
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IBM posts SPEC CPU2006 scores for single-socket x3200 M2 (PDF, 16.44KB)

x3200 M2 achieves leadership SPECint2006, SPECfp2006 and SPECfp_rate2006 scores for a system using one Intel Xeon X3380 processor
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IBM posts SPEC CPU2006 scores for single-socket x3250 M2 (PDF, 15.51KB)

x3250 M2 achieves leadership SPECint2006 and SPECfp_rate2006 scores for a system using one Intel Xeon X3370 processor
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March 30, 2009
IBM posts leadership 2-processor, two-tier SAP SD Standard Application Benchmark result (PDF, 9.38KB)

x3650 M2 and DB2 9.5 achieve leadership 2-processor, two-tier SAP SD Standard Application Benchmark result
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IBM posts leadership 2-processor SPECpower_ssj2008 result for new-generation x3650 M2 (PDF, 9.55KB)

x3650 M2 delivers leadership performance per watt for a 2-socket server
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IBM posts leadership score for a 2-socket x86-64 rack server on SPECjbb2005 benchmark (PDF, 10KB)

x3650 M2 delivers top score for a 2-socket x86-64 rack server on SPECjbb2005
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IBM publishes leadership 2-processor, 8-core result on VMware’s VMmark virtualization benchmark (PDF, 14.75KB)

x3650 M2 delivers leading 2-socket and 8-core result for VMware VMmark version 1.1 benchmark
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IBM publishes TPC-E performance result for new-generation System x3650 M2 (PDF, 13.02KB)

x3650 M2 delivers excellent 2-processor performance and price/performance on TPC-E benchmark
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IBM posts SPEC CPU2006 scores for quad-core x3650 M2 (PDF, 15.95KB)

x3650 M2 achieves competitive scores for a 2-socket Intel processor-based system
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IBM posts SPEC CPU2006 scores for quad-core x3550 M2 (PDF, 16.05KB)

x3550 M2 achieves competitive scores for a 2-socket Intel processor-based system
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IBM posts SPEC CPU2006 scores for quad-core dx360 M2 (PDF, 16.17KB)

IBM System x iDataPlex dx360 M2 achieves competitive scores for a system using two Intel Xeon X5570 processors
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IBM posts SPECjbb2005 score for iDataPlex using latest Intel Xeon 5500 series processor (PDF, 9.80KB)

IBM System x iDataPlex dx360 M2 delivers competitive SPECjbb2005 score for an x86-64 server using two processors
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IBM System x new-generation servers deliver leadership performance on industry-standard benchmarks (PDF, 12.3KB)

March 25, 2009
IBM publishes 4-processor, 24-core result for x3850 M2 on VMware’s VMmark virtualization benchmark
(PDF, 11.9KB)
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February 25, 2009
IBM publishes 4-processor, 24-core result on VMware’s VMmark virtualization benchmark
(PDF, 12KB)
x3850 M2 delivers leading 24-core result for VMware VMmark benchmark
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December 19, 2008
IBM posts new results for two-tier SAP SD Standard Application Benchmark
(PDF, 12KB)
IBM System x3850 M2 and DB2 9.5 deliver two-tier SAP SD Standard Application Benchmark results on Red Hat Enterprise Linux using Xen 3.1.0
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December 2, 2008
IBM posts leadership 4-processor, two-tier SAP SD Standard Application Benchmark result on Windows
(PDF, 16KB)
x3850 M2 and DB2 9.5 set world record for 4-processor, two-tier SAP SD Standard Application Benchmark result on Windows
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November 18, 2008
IBM posts leadership 4-processor, two-tier SAP SD Standard Application Benchmark result on Linux
(PDF, 12KB)
x3850 M2 and DB2 9.5 set world record for 4-processor, two-tier SAP SD Standard Application Benchmark result on Linux
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November 6, 2008
IBM posts leadership score for a 2-socket x86-64 server on SPECjbb2005 benchmark
(PDF, 12KB)
x3650 delivers top score for a 2-socket x86-64 server on SPECjbb2005
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November 6, 2008
IBM posts leadership score for a 2-socket x86 server on SPECjbb2005 benchmark
(PDF, 12KB)
x3650 delivers top score for a 2-socket x86 server on SPECjbb2005
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November 6, 2008
IBM posts SPEC CPU2006 scores for System x iDataPlex
(PDF, 12KB)
IBM System x iDataPlex dx340 achieves competitive scores for a system using two Intel processors
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October 14, 2008
IBM posts SPEC CPU2006 scores for quad-core x3500
(PDF, 20KB)
x3500 achieves competitive scores for a 2-socket Intel processor-based system
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October 14, 2008
IBM posts leadership SPEC CPU2006 scores for dual-core x3400
(PDF, 20KB)
x3400 achieves leadership scores for a 2-socket server using Intel Xeon Processor E5205
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October 3, 2008
IBM publishes world-record 32-core result on VMware’s VMmark virtualization benchmark
(PDF, 12KB)
IBM System x3950 M2 delivers 8-processor 32-core result for VMware VMmarkv1.1 benchmark
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October 1, 2008
White Paper Published
SPECweb2005 in the Real World: Using Internet Information Server (IIS) and PHP
(PDF, 120KB)

September 23, 2008
IBM posts leadership result for Oracle E-Business Suite Applications R12 Benchmark
(PDF, 16KB)
IBM System x3850 M2 achieves leadership score running Oracle E-Business Suite Payroll (Batch) Application version 12 benchmark with Oracle 10g database 32-bit (10.2.0.3)
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September 23, 2008
IBM posts SPEC CPU2006 scores for System x iDataPlex
(PDF, 16KB)
IBM System x iDataPlex dx320 achieves competitive scores for a system using two Intel Xeon L5420 processors
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September 18, 2008
IBM publishes industry-leading 24-core result for VMware VMmark benchmark
(PDF, 12KB)
x3850 M2 delivers 4-processor 24-core result on virtualization benchmark 
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September 16, 2008
IBM System x3850 M2 achieves leadership SPECint_rate2006 score for a 4-socket x86 system
(PDF, 16KB)
x3850 M2 delivers top 4-socket x86 score for compute-intensive integer performance
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September 15, 2008
IBM System x high-performance servers demonstrate leadership on industry-standard benchmarks
(PDF, 16KB)

September 15, 2008
IBM shatters all records for 4-processor server performance on the TPC-C benchmark
(PDF, 16KB)
IBM System x3850 M2 delivers more transactions per minute than any other 4-processor server
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September 15, 2008
IBM publishes world-record 4-processor performance and price/performance results on TPC-E benchmark
(PDF, 16KB)
IBM System x3850 M2 delivers highest 4-processor performance and overall best price/performance on TPC-E
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September 9, 2008

IBM posts SPEC CPU2006 scores for System x3450 (PDF, 16KB)
x3450 achieves leadership scores for a 2-socket server using the Quad-Core Intel Xeon Processor X5482
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September 9, 2008
IBM posts SPEC CPU2006 scores for System x3550 (PDF, 20KB)
x3550 achieves leadership SPECint2006 score for 2-socket server using the Quad-Core Intel Xeon Processor X5470
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September 9, 2008
IBM posts SPEC CPU2006 scores for System x3650 (PDF, 16KB)
x3650 achieves competitive scores for a 2-socket Intel processor-based system
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September 9, 2008
IBM posts leadership score for a 2-socket x86 server on SPECjbb2005 benchmark
(PDF, 16KB)
x3650 delivers top score for a 2-socket x86 server on SPECjbb2005
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September 8, 2008
IBM posts leadership 8-processor result on two-tier SAP SD Standard Application Benchmark
(PDF, 16KB)
x3950 M2 and DB2 9.5 set world record for 8-processor results on two-tier SAP SD Standard Application Benchmark
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August 27, 2008
IBM System x3850 M2 and x3950 M2 demonstrate superior performance and performance per watt running Intel vConsolidate virtualization benchmark and VMware ESX Server 3.5 Update 1
(PDF, 16KB)
x3850 M2 and x3950 M2 deliver better performance and performance per watt than HP ProLiant DL580 G5
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August 19, 2008
IBM—first to break the barrier of 1 million transactions per minute on TPC-C benchmark—achieves industry milestone for x86-64 performance
(PDF, 16KB)
IBM System x3950 M2—running DB2 9.5 on Red Hat Linux 5.2—sets world record for x86-64 performance by delivering more than 1.2 million tpmC
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August 12, 2008

IBM posts SPECjbb2005 benchmark scores for System x3350 (PDF, 12KB)
x3350 delivers leadership single-socket result on SPECjbb2005
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August 12, 2008
IBM posts SPEC CPU2006 scores for single-socket servers
x3200 M2 achieves leadership SPECint2006 score for a single-socket server using Intel Xeon X3370 processor (PDF, 20KB)

x3250 M2 achieves leadership scores for a single-socket server using Intel Xeon x3360 processor (PDF, 16KB)

x3350 achieves leadership scores for a single-socket server using Intel Xeon X3370 processor (PDF, 16KB) 

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August 12, 2008
IBM posts SPECpower_ssj2008 scores for single-socket servers
x3200 M2 delivers competitive performance per watt for a single-socket server (PDF, 16KB)

x3250 M2 delivers excellent overall ssj_ops/watt score for a single-socket server  (PDF, 16KB)

x3350 delivers solid performance per watt for a single-socket server (PDF, 16KB) 

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August 1, 2008
IBM posts 4-processor result on two-tier SAP SD Standard Application Benchmark on Windows using VMware ESX Server
(PDF, 12KB)
x3850 M2 and DB2 9.5 deliver new results on two-tier SAP SD Standard Application Benchmark
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July 29, 2008
IBM posts SPEC CPU2006 scores for System x iDataPlex
(PDF, 16KB)
IBM System x iDataPlex dx360 achieves competitive scores for a system using two Intel processors 
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July 2, 2008
IBM publishes world-record performance result on TPC-E benchmark
(PDF, 16KB)
IBM System x3950 M2 delivers highest performance ever achieved on the TPC-E benchmark
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June 25, 2008
IBM posts leadership 8-processor result on Windows on two-tier SAP SD Standard Application Benchmark
(PDF, 12KB)
x3950 M2 and DB2 9.5 set world record for 8-processor results on Windows on two-tier SAP SD Standard Application Benchmark
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May 21, 2008
IBM posts SPECpower_ssj2008 score for x3250 M2
(PDF, 12KB)
x3250 M2 delivers excellent overall ssj_ops/watt score for a single-socket server
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May 20, 2008
IBM posts leadership 16-processor result on two-tier SAP SD Standard Application Benchmark
(PDF, 12KB)
x3950 M2 and DB2 9.5 set world record for 16-processor result achieved on two-tier SAP SD Standard Application Benchmark
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May 7, 2008

IBM posts leadership SPECpower_ssj2008 result for x3200 M2 (PDF, 16KB)
x3200 M2 delivers highest overall ssj_ops/watt score achieved to date
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May 7, 2008
IBM posts SPECpower_ssj2008 result for new x3350 (PDF, 16KB)
x3350 achieves competitive score for a single-socket Intel processor-based system
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April 23, 2008
IBM posts SPEC CPU2006 scores for System x iDataPlex
(PDF, 16KB)
IBM System x iDataPlex achieves competitive scores for a system using two Intel processors 
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April 11, 2008
IBM publishes leadership 8-socket performance result on TPC-E benchmark
(PDF, 16KB)
IBM System x3950 M2 delivers top 8-processor performance and scalability using Microsoft SQL Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008
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April 3, 2008

IBM publishes best 16-core result on VMware VMmark virtualization benchmark (PDF, 16KB)
x3850 M2 delivers world-record result for VMware VMmark benchmark
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March 27, 2008
IBM posts SPECpower_ssj2008 result for new x3450
(PDF, 16KB)
x3450 achieves competitive score for a 2-socket Intel processor-based system 
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March 12, 2008

IBM posts leading 2-processor result on two-tier SAP SD Standard Application Benchmark on Windows using VMware ESX Server (PDF, 12KB)
x3850 M2 and DB2 deliver new results for two-tier SAP SD Standard Application Benchmark
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March 12, 2008
IBM System x3850 M2 demonstrates superior performance per watt running Intel vConsolidate virtualization benchmark
(PDF, 16KB)
x3850 M2 delivers 27 percent better performance per watt than HP ProLiant DL580 G5 
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March 11, 2008
IBM posts SPECjbb2005 benchmark scores for System x3650
(PDF, 12KB)
x3650 delivers leadership 2-socket result on SPECjbb2005
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March 11, 2008
IBM posts SPEC CPU2006 scores for new System x3450
(PDF, 20KB)
x3450 achieves competitive scores for a 2-socket Intel processor-based system 
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February 27, 2008
IBM posts leadership 4-socket performance result on TPC-E benchmark
(PDF, 16KB)
x3850 M2 delivers excellent performance using Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 
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 February 19, 2008
IBM reprices benchmark configuration and achieves leadership TPC-H 300GB price/performance result
(PDF, 16KB)
x3950 M2 now holds world record for non-clustered server performance and price/performance on TPC-H 300GB benchmark
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February 12, 2008
IBM posts new results for SPECweb2005 Benchmark
(PDF, 16KB)
x3650 scores leadership result for Intel Xeon Processor X5355 
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February 12, 2008
IBM posts SPEC CPU2006 scores for quad-core x3500
(PDF, 16KB)
x3500 achieves competitive scores for a 2-socket Intel processor-based system
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January 31, 2008
IBM posts SPEC CPU2006 scores for dual-core x3650
(PDF, 16KB)
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January 31, 2008
IBM posts SPEC CPU2006 scores for dual-core x3550
(PDF, 20KB)
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Notes  
More information about the TPC-C benchmark, along with all TPC results, can be found at the Transaction Processing Performance Council Web site at www.tpc.org (link resides outside of ibm.com).

For the latest SAP results, visit www.sap.com/benchmark (link resides outside of ibm.com).

For SPEC benchmark results, visit www.spec.org (link resides outside of ibm.com).

For complete benchmark results, see the performance briefs.

Specific information about IBM System x products, services and support is located at ibm.com/systems/x/

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