COMPUTER PERFORMANCE firm Neal Nelson & Associates released results comparing an AMD server to an Intel server system using practically identical machines.
The firm claimed the results showed the Opteron server in a better light. It delivered six per cent higher throughput compared to a Xeon Woodcrest server, processing SQL transactions linked to a relational database.
The firm uses its own SQL transaction benchmark, generating traffic from up to 500 WWW clients at once, and aims to give the major subsystems in servers a thorough kicking.
Both servers were configured with similar clock speeds, memory, disk drives and OSes.
A chart displaying the test results and other technical details can be found here.
In recent weeks AMD and Intel have constantly bickered about benchmarks on systems using their respective chips.
Source: Inquirer