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May 14, 2012

IBM System x3630 M4:

IBM System x3530 M4:

IBM System x3250 M4:

IBM System x3100 M4:


April 20, 2012

IBM System x3850 X5:


March 6, 2012

IBM System x3650 M4 sets new record for 2-processor server performance on TPC-E

IBM System x3650 M4 and DB2 9.7 deliver leadership 2-processor result on Windows

IBM System x3650 M4 demonstrates leadership performance for virtualization applications

x3650 M4 delivers outstanding processor performance for compute-intensive applications

x3650 M4 delivers competitive 2-processor performance for Java-based applications

x3650 M4 demonstrates an improvement of 47.9% in power efficiency over previous-generation 2-processor score

x3550 M4 delivers competitive processor performance for compute-intensive applications

x3550 M4 delivers outstanding performance for Java-based applications

x3550 M4 demonstrates an improvement of 49.6% in power efficiency over previous-generation 2-processor score

x3500 M4 achieves outstanding processor performance for compute-intensive applications

x3500 M4 delivers competitive 2-processor performance for Java-based applications

x3500 M4 demonstrates excellent performance and power efficiency

dx360 M4 demonstrates excellent performance for compute-intensive applications

dx360 M4 delivers solid performance for Java-based applications

dx360 M4 demonstrates superior power efficiency with leadership performance per watt


February 15, 2012

IBM System x3850 X5 and DB2 9.7 with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 deliver leadership 4-processor result


November 30, 2011

IBM System x3850 X5 demonstrates leadership performance for virtualization applications


September 13, 2011

IBM System x3850 X5 and DB2 9.7 deliver world-record result on Windows on two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark

IBM System x and DB2 process more than 56 million account transactions per hour—a new world record result for transaction banking on the SAP Transaction Banking benchmark


September 13, 2011

x3100 M4 delivers leadership performance for a server using Intel Xeon E3-1280 processor

x3100 M4 delivers competitive one-processor performance for Java-based applications

x3250 M4 delivers leadership performance for a server using Intel Xeon E3-1280 processor

x3250 M4 delivers competitive one-processor performance for Java-based applications


August 26, 2011

IBM System x3850 X5 sets new record for TPC-E performance


August 16, 2011

IBM System x3690 X5 and DB2 9.7 deliver world-record two-processor result on Windows on two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark


July 27, 2011

IBM System x3850 X5 demonstrates leadership performance for virtualization applications with overall highest SPECvirt score ever achieved with VMware ESX Server


July 26, 2011

White Paper Published


July 11, 2011

IBM System x3850 X5 and DB2 deliver highest x86-64 performance score ever achieved on TPC-C benchmark


June 27, 2011

IBM System x3850 X5 achieves world-record 4-processor performance on TPC-E


June 3, 2011

White Paper Published


May 27, 2011

IBM delivers best price/performance result ever published on TPC-E benchmark (16KB)

IBM System x3690 X5 achieves world-record two-processor performance on TPC-E


May 5, 2011

IBM publishes leadership 8-processor score for SPECvirt_sc2010 benchmark (9KB)

IBM System x3850 X5 demonstrates leadership performance for virtualization applications with overall highest SPECvirt_sc2010 score achieved to date


April 25, 2011

IBM posts SPECpower_ssj2008 score for x3550 M3 (12KB)

x3550 M3 demonstrates more than 8% improvement in power efficiency over previous-generation 2-processor score

IBM posts SPECpower_ssj2008 score for x3650 M3 (12KB)

x3650 M3 demonstrates excellent performance and power efficiency

April 6, 2011

IBM posts world-record four-processor result on Windows on two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark (13KB)

IBM System x3850 X5 and DB2 9.7 deliver world-record four-processor result on Windows on two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark

IBM publishes world-record performance result for a non-clustered server on the TPC-H at 1000GB (15KB)

IBM System x3850 X5 delivers world-record performance and price/performance for a non-clustered server on TPC-H 1000GB benchmark

IBM posts SPEC CPU2006 scores for x3850 X5 (16KB)

x3850 X5 delivers competitive four-processor performance for compute-intensive application

IBM posts SPECjbb2005 benchmark scores for x3850 X5 server (10KB)

x3850 X5 delivers competitive four-socket x86 performance for Java-based applications

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IBM posts SPECjbb2005 benchmark scores for x3690 X5 server (9KB)

x3690 X5 delivers competitive two-processor performance for Java-based applications

IBM posts SPEC CPU2006 scores for x3690 X5 (16KB)

x3690 X5 delivers leadership scores for a two-socket x86 server


March 15, 2011

IBM posts SPEC CPU2006 scores for IBM System x3650 M3 (16KB)

x3650 M3 delivers competitive 2-processor performance for compute-intensive applications

IBM posts SPEC CPU2006 scores for x3550 M3 (16KB)

x3550 M3 delivers competitive processor performance for compute-intensive applications

IBM posts SPEC CPU2006 scores for x3500 M3 (17KB)

x3500 M3 achieves outstanding processor performance for compute-intensive applications

IBM posts SPEC CPU2006 scores for x3400 M3 (16KB)

x3400 M3 delivers competitive processor performance for compute-intensive applications

IBM posts SPEC CPU2006 scores for x3620 M3 server (17KB)

x3620 M3 delivers competitive performance for compute-intensive applications

IBM posts SPEC CPU2006 scores for x3630 M3 server (17KB)

x3630 M3 delivers competitive performance for compute-intensive applications


March 3, 2011

IBM publishes world-record, 4-processor performance result for TPC-H at 1000GB (PDF, 15KB)

IBM System x3850 X5 with MAX5 achieves world-record price/performance for a non-clustered server on TPC-H 1000GB benchmark

March 1, 2011

IBM posts SPEC CPU2006 scores for System x iDataPlex dx360 M3 (PDF, 17KB)

dx360 M3 demonstrates excellent performance for compute-intensive applications

February 23, 2011

IBM publishes leadership 4-processor score for SPECvirt_sc2010 benchmark (PDF, 10KB)

IBM System x3850 X5 demonstrates leadership performance for virtualization applications with overall highest SPECvirt score achieved with VMware ESX Server

February 15, 2011

IBM posts SPECjbb2005 benchmark scores for x3650 M3 server (PDF, 10KB)

x3650 M3 delivers outstanding performance for Java-based applications

IBM posts SPECjbb2005 benchmark scores for x3550 M3 server (PDF, 9KB)

x3550 M3 delivers outstanding performance for Java-based applications

IBM posts SPECjbb2005 benchmark scores for x3500 M3 server (PDF, 10KB)

x3500 M3 delivers competitive 2-processor performance for Java-based applications

IBM posts SPECjbb2005 benchmark scores for x3400 M3 server (PDF, 12KB)

x3400 M3 delivers solid performance for Java-based applications

IBM posts SPECpower_ssj2008 score for x3400 M3 (PDF, 13KB)

x3400 M3 demonstrates outstanding performance per watt for a 2-socket server

IBM posts SPECjbb2005 benchmark scores for x3620 M3 server (PDF, 10KB)

x3620 M3 delivers competitive performance for Java-based applications

IBM posts SPECpower_ssj2008 score for x3620 M3 server (PDF, 10KB)

x3620 M3 delivers solid power efficiency and performance

IBM posts SPECjbb2005 benchmark scores for x3630 M3 server (PDF, 10KB)

x3630 M3 delivers competitive performance for Java-based applications

IBM posts SPECpower_ssj2008 score for x3630 M3 server (PDF, 9KB)

x3630 M3 delivers solid power efficiency and performance

IBM posts SPECjbb2005 benchmark scores for dx360 M3 server (PDF, 9KB)

dx360 M3 delivers outstanding performance for Java-based applications


December 15, 2010

IBM posts highest score for SPECvirt_sc2010 benchmark (PDF, 13KB)

IBM System x3850 X5 demonstrates leadership performance for virtualization applications with highest SPECvirt score achieved to date

IBM posts leadership 2-processor score for SPECvirt_sc2010 benchmark (PDF, 13KB)

IBM System x3690 X5 with MAX5 delivers leadership 2-processor performance for virtualization applications


November 18, 2010

IBM posts SPEC CPU2006 scores for x3690 X5 with MAX5 (PDF, 16KB)

IBM System x3690 X5 with MAX5 memory expansion delivers leadership scores for a system using two Intel Xeon X7560 processors

November 18, 2010

White Paper Published

November 16, 2010

IBM System x and DB2 achieve more than 2.3 million transactions per minute on TPC-C benchmark—setting industry milestone for x86-64 performance (PDF, 12.4KB)

IBM System x3850 X5 with MAX5 and DB2 delivers highest x86-64 performance score ever achieved on TPC-C benchmark

October 11, 2010

IBM posts world-record result on Windows on two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark (PDF, 21KB)

IBM System x3850 X5 and DB2 9.7 deliver world-record result on Windows on two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark

IBM posts leadership 2-processor and 16-core result on two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark (PDF, 10KB)

IBM System x3690 X5 and DB2 9.7 also achieve overall leadership 2-processor result on two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark running SAP enhancement package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0


October 7, 2010

IBM posts leadership score for a single-socket server on SPECjbb2005 benchmark (PDF, 9KB)

x3200 M3 delivers top score for a single-socket server on SPECjbb2005

IBM posts competitive single-processor score for SPECpower_ssj2008 benchmark (PDF, 9KB)

x3200 M3 delivers competitive performance per watt for a single-socket server

IBM posts SPEC CPU2006 scores for single-socket x3200 M3 (PDF, 17KB)

x3200 M3 demonstrates competitive processor performance for compute-intensive applications

IBM posts leadership single-processor score for SPECpower_ssj2008 benchmark (PDF, 9KB)

x3250 M3 delivers leadership performance per watt for a single-socket server

IBM posts SPECjbb2005 score for single-socket x3250 M3 server (PDF, 12KB)

x3250 M3 delivers competitive performance for Java-based applications

IBM posts SPEC CPU2006 scores for single-socket x3250 M3 (PDF, 17KB)

x3250 M3 demonstrates competitive processor performance for compute-intensive applications


August 31, 2010

IBM posts SPECpower_ssj2008 score for x3630 M3 server (PDF, 9KB)

x3630 M3 delivers solid power efficiency and performance

IBM posts SPEC CPU2006 scores for x3630 M3 server (PDF, 16KB)

x3630 M3 delivers competitive performance for compute-intensive applications


August 11, 2010

IBM posts score for SPECvirt_sc2010 benchmark (PDF, 13KB)

x3690 X5 delivers leadership performance for virtualization applications


July 14, 2010

IBM posts first score published for SPECvirt_sc2010 benchmark (PDF, 13KB)

x3650 M3 delivers industry-leading performance for virtualization applications


July 8, 2010

IBM posts SPECpower_ssj2008 score for x3620 M3 server (PDF, 10KB)

x3620 M3 delivers solid power efficiency and performance


July 6, 2010

IBM posts SPECjbb2005 benchmark scores for x3690 X5 server (PDF, 10KB)

x3690 X5 delivers leadership 2-socket x86 performance for Java-based applications

IBM posts SPEC CPU2006 scores for x3690 X5 (PDF, 16KB)

x3690 X5 delivers leadership scores for a system using two Intel Xeon X7560 processors


June 22, 2010

IBM posts leadership 2-processor and 12-core result on two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark (PDF, 10KB)

IBM System x3650 M3 and DB2 9.7 also achieve overall leadership 2-processor result on two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark running SAP enhancement package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0


May 18, 2010

IBM posts leadership SPECpower score for dx360 M3 (PDF, 12KB)

dx360 M3 demonstrates superior power efficiency with leadership performance per watt

IBM posts SPECjbb2005 benchmark scores for x3620 M3 server (PDF, 10KB)

x3620 M3 delivers competitive performance for Java-based applications

IBM posts SPEC CPU2006 scores for x3620 M3 server (PDF, 16KB)

x3620 M3 delivers competitive performance for compute-intensive applications


April 27, 2010

IBM posts SPECjEnterprise2010 score for System x3850 X5 (PDF, 5.25KB)

IBM System x3850 X5 delivers leadership 4-processor, single-node result for SPECjEnterprise2010

IBM posts SPECjEnterprise2010 score for System x3650 M2 (PDF, 5.69KB)

IBM System x3650 M2 delivers single-node result for SPECjEnterprise2010


March 30, 2010

IBM publishes world-record, 4-processor performance result on TPC-E benchmark (PDF, 13.3KB)

IBM System x3850 X5 delivers leadership performance on TPC-E

IBM posts leadership 4-processor result on Windows on two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark (PDF, 13.3KB)

IBM System x3850 X5 and DB2 9.7 set world record with 4-processor result on Windows on two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark

IBM posts SPECjbb2005 benchmark scores for x3850 X5 server (PDF, 9.55KB)

x3850 X5 delivers leadership 4-socket x86 performance for Java-based applications

IBM posts SPEC CPU2006 scores for x3850 X5 (PDF, 17.7KB)

x3850 X5 delivers leadership x86 4-processor SPECfp_rate_base2006 score and leadership x86 2-processor SPECint_rate_base2006 and SPECfp_rate_base2006 scores

IBM posts SPECjEnterprise2010 score for System x3850 X5 (PDF, 12.7KB)

IBM System x3850 X5 delivers leadership single-node result for SPECjEnterprise2010

IBM publishes leadership 4-processor, 32-core result on VMware’s VMmark virtualization benchmark (PDF, 12.2KB)

IBM System x3850 X5 delivers leading 4-socket and 32-core result for VMware VMmark version 1.1.1 benchmark

IBM System x3850 X5 server delivers new levels of performance on industry-standard benchmarks (PDF, 5.33KB)

White Paper Published

Virtualization Networking with VMware ESX 4.0 on IBM System x Servers (PDF, 41.9KB)


March 23, 2010

IBM posts SPECjbb2005 benchmark scores for x3650 M3 server (PDF, 9.6KB)

x3650 M3 delivers outstanding performance for Java-based applications

IBM posts SPECjbb2005 benchmark scores for x3550 M3 server (PDF, 9.1KB)

x3550 M3 delivers outstanding performance for Java-based applications

IBM posts SPECjbb2005 benchmark scores for x3500 M3 server (PDF, 9.9KB)

x3500 M3 delivers competitive performance for Java-based applications

IBM posts SPECjbb2005 benchmark scores for x3400 M3 server (PDF, 12.1KB)

x3400 M3 delivers solid performance for Java-based applications

IBM posts SPECjbb2005 benchmark scores for dx360 M3 server (PDF, 9.3KB)

dx360 M3 delivers outstanding performance for Java-based applications


March 16, 2010

IBM posts SPECpower_ssj2008 score for x3650 M3 (PDF, 11.8KB)

x3650 M3 demonstrates 51% improvement in power efficiency over previous-generation 2-processor score

IBM posts SPEC CPU2006 scores for x3650 M3 (PDF, 16.6KB)

x3650 M3 delivers outstanding processor performance for compute-intensive applications

IBM posts SPECpower_ssj2008 score for x3550 M3 (PDF, 11.6KB)

x3550 M3 demonstrates 50% improvement in power efficiency over previous-generation 2-processor score

IBM posts SPEC CPU2006 scores for x3550 M3 (PDF, 16.7KB)

x3550 M3 delivers competitive processor performance for compute-intensive applications

IBM posts SPEC CPU2006 scores for x3500 M3 (PDF, 16.9KB)

x3500 M3 achieves outstanding processor performance for compute-intensive applications

IBM posts SPECpower_ssj2008 score for x3400 M3 (PDF, 12.7KB)

x3400 M3 demonstrates outstanding performance per watt for a 2-socket server

IBM posts SPEC CPU2006 scores for x3400 M3 (PDF, 16.7KB)

x3400 M3 delivers competitive processor performance for compute-intensive applications

IBM posts first SPECpower benchmark score of more than 3,000 overall ssj_ops/watt (PDF, 12.3KB)

dx360 M3 demonstrates superior power efficiency with leadership performance per watt

IBM posts SPEC CPU2006 scores for System x iDataPlex dx360 M3 (PDF, 16.8KB)

dx360 M3 demonstrates excellent performance for compute-intensive applications


March 16, 2010

IBM System x new-generation servers demonstrate outstanding performance on industry-standard benchmarks (PDF, 5KB)


January 7, 2010

IBM posts SPECjEnterprise2010 score for System x3650 M2 (PDF, 12KB)

x3650 M2 server delivers industry’s first single-node result for SPECjEnterprise2010


December 23, 2009

IBM posts leadership single-processor score for SPECpower_ssj2008 benchmark (PDF, 9KB)

x3250 M3 delivers leadership performance per watt for a single-socket server

IBM posts competitive single-processor score for SPECpower_ssj2008 benchmark (PDF, 8.9KB)

x3200 M3 delivers competitive performance per watt for a single-socket server


December 1, 2009

White Paper Published

Improving Windows Performance with TCP/IP Offload Engine (TOE) on IBM System x Servers (PDF, 63KB)


November 20, 2009

White Paper Published

Analysis of IBM System x3850 M2 Performance and Scalability with VMware vSphere 4 and SAP Solutions (PDF, 357KB)


November 17, 2009

IBM posts 2-processor SPECpower_ssj2008 result for x3400 M2 (PDF, 10KB)

x3400 M2 delivers competitive performance per watt for a 2-socket server


November 10, 2009

IBM posts leadership result for Oracle E-Business Suite Applications R12 Benchmark – Order to Cash (Medium Batch) Application (PDF, 13KB)

IBM System x3550 M2 achieves leadership score running Oracle E-Business Suite Order to Cash (Medium Batch) Application version 12 benchmark with Oracle 10g database 64-bit (10.2.0.3)

IBM posts leadership result for Oracle E-Business Suite Applications R12 Benchmark – Payroll (Small Batch) Application (PDF, 13KB)

IBM System x3550 M2 achieves leadership score running Oracle E-Business Suite Payroll (Small Batch) Application version 12 benchmark with Oracle 10g database 64-bit (10.2.0.3)

IBM posts leadership result for Oracle E-Business Suite Applications R12 Benchmark – Payroll (Extra Large Batch) Application (PDF, 13KB)

IBM System x3550 M2 achieves leadership score running Oracle E-Business Suite Payroll (Extra Large Batch) Application version 12 benchmark with Oracle 10g database 64-bit (10.2.0.3)


September 22, 2009

IBM posts leadership score for a single-socket server on SPECjbb2005 benchmark (PDF, 9KB)

x3250 M3 delivers top score for a single-socket server on SPECjbb2005

IBM posts leadership SPECpower_ssj2008 result for single-socket x3250 M3 (PDF, 9KB)

x3250 M3 delivers leadership performance per watt for a single-socket server

IBM posts SPEC CPU2006 scores for single-socket x3250 M3 (PDF, 16KB)

x3250 M3 achieves leadership SPECfp_base2006, SPECfp_rate_base2006 and SPECfp_rate2006 scores for a system using one Intel Xeon X3470 processor

IBM posts results for single-socket server on SPECjbb2005 benchmark (PDF, 9KB)

x3200 M3 delivers outstanding performance for a single-socket server on SPECjbb2005

IBM posts single-processor SPECpower_ssj2008 result for x3200 M3 (PDF, 9KB)

x3200 M3 delivers competitive performance per watt for a single-socket server

IBM posts SPEC CPU2006 scores for single-socket x3200 M3 (PDF, 17KB)

x3200 M3 achieves leadership SPECint_base2006 score for a system using one Intel Xeon X3470 processor


August 4, 2009

IBM System x iDataPlex dx360 M2 delivers leadership 2-processor score for SPECpower_ssj2008 benchmark (PDF, 19KB)

dx360 M2 demonstrates 8% improvement in power efficiency over previous leadership 2-processor score


July 29, 2009

IBM posts SPEC MPI2007 results for new-generation x3550 M2 (PDF, 15KB)

x3550 M2 delivers leadership scores for 8-core-per-node systems with 1, 2, 4 or 8 nodes


July 14, 2009

IBM publishes world-record 2-processor performance and price/performance results on TPC-E benchmark (PDF, 13KB)

IBM System x3650 M2 delivers highest 2-processor performance and overall best price/performance on TPC-E


June 30, 2009

IBM publishes leadership 8-processor, 48-core result on VMware’s VMmark virtualization benchmark (PDF, 13KB)

x3950 M2 delivers leading 8-socket and 48-core result for VMware® VMmark™ version 1.1 benchmark



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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