AMD adds server horsepower with 16-core chip

[Citizen X]

Link:

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9227712/AMD_adds_server_horsepower_with_16_core_chip

 

[Puppies04]

Woot 16cores, extra 100mhz!!!11!!

*Shame they still get chewed up by 6 core 12 thread intel chip in most situations

http://www.anandtech.com/show/5057/the-bulldozer-aftermath-delving-even-deeper/1

On that note

 

[Ferzerp]

I don't think a 3.8% faster clock speed is going to help them.

But hey, thanks new reg with 14 posts, 3 of which have been "AMD owns all!" We thank you for your unbiased and insightful posts.

Take it down a notch. This is not how we treat new members
-ViRGE

 

[Borealis7]

that graph is hilarious!

 

[Cerb]

that graph is hilarious!

Isn't it! I wonder if it's already in IDC's collection?

Not sure what's so special about a minor clock bump. If Trinity is an indication, BD's future has hope, but it will be awhile before we see anything come of it.

 

[Olikan]

I don't think a 3.8% faster clock speed is going to help them.

AND THEN YOU MULTIPLY BY 16!!!

damm, still bad

 

[exar333]

Feels like the marketing guys have given-up on BD too. I am sure PD cannot come soon enough for those guys.

 

[T_Yamamoto]

Moar coarzzzzzz

 

[N4g4rok]

What does the performance for a similarly priced Xeon look like? Does the Opteron even keep up? I though the Opterons always had a specific application advantage in one of Anand's server benchmarks, but i can't remember what it would have been at this point.

 

[TakeNoPrisoners]

Yea lets just make more cores, that worked the first time right!?

 

[Don Karnage]

E5-2687W still will destroy that processor

 

[Puppies04]

What does the performance for a similarly priced Xeon look like? Does the Opteron even keep up? I though the Opterons always had a specific application advantage in one of Anand's server benchmarks, but i can't remember what it would have been at this point.

Read the article in my first post above, it is quite informative.

I don't know why we are all bashing AMD though, they clearly decimtate intel with this new 43.2ghz CPU!!!111!!

 

[Puppies04]

But hey, thanks new reg with 14 posts, 4 of which have been "AMD owns all!" We thank you for your unbiased and insightful posts. Ferzerp is offline Report Post

Fixed that for you

 

[2is]

Yea lets just make more cores, that worked the first time right!?

It keeps the AMD fans, AMD fans

 

[borisvodofsky]

That dude in the photo is funny, but the graph makes no sense. what is the point of plotting cores against cores ??

 

[pelov]

That dude in the photo is funny, but the graph makes no sense. what is the point of plotting cores against cores ??

When cores go down then cores go down. When core count goes up then core count goes up.

See?

 

[Don Karnage]

Whats with the Influx of new amd fans. Is Amdzone shutting down?

 

[chimaxi83]

That dude in the photo is funny, but the graph makes no sense. what is the point of plotting cores against cores ??

**WOOSH**

That's the sound of the joke going over your head.

 

[Citizen X]

I don't think a 3.8% faster clock speed is going to help them.

But hey, thanks new reg with 14 posts, 3 of which have been "AMD owns all!" We thank you for your unbiased and insightful posts.

Hey, why don't you just back off. 16 cores is awesome for servers.

 

[ShintaiDK]

Hey, why don't you just back off. 16 cores is awesome for servers.

Compared to Xeons, Opterons are a joke.

 

[mikeymikec]

Hey, why don't you just back off. 16 cores is awesome for servers.

All servers, everywhere.

16 cores should be enough for everyone! No more, no less!

 

[blckgrffn]

Compared to Xeons, Opterons are a joke.

Where they have their niche, they are at best something to consider. Clearly outmatched in many use cases, however. It's like comparing LGA 2011 CPUs to AM3+. Once you have the money, one isn't even worth considering. And even then, you were only considering an AM3+ CPU in the minority of use cases.

When PD comes out, though, I'll be giving a dual PD build serious consideration. When it comes to dual LGA2011 you have to spend more than I am comfortable with to get the "blow out" performance. Until IVB based LGA2011 CPUs show up in (what, Q2 2013?) PD may be interesting in the below ~$2k server space.

 

[Ferzerp]

I'll just leave this right here to so you can make your own conclusions.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/5553/the-xeon-e52600-dual-sandybridge-for-servers

32 "cores" worth compared to 16c/32t on the intel side. Though, the AT server proc reviewer gets another thumbs up for calling the AMD part "8 module/16 thread".

 

[Ferzerp]

Where they have their niche, they are at best something to consider. Clearly outmatched in many use cases, however. It's like comparing LGA 2011 CPUs to AM3+. Once you have the money, one isn't even worth considering. And even then, you were only considering an AM3+ CPU in the minority of use cases.

When PD comes out, though, I'll be giving a dual PD build serious consideration. When it comes to dual LGA2011 you have to spend more than I am comfortable with to get the "blow out" performance. Until IVB based LGA2011 CPUs show up in (what, Q2 2013?) PD may be interesting in the below ~$2k server space.

Except the price delta between comparable servers is typically around 5%, and the Intel one typically performs 20-40% better.

 

[AtenRa]

Except the price delta between comparable servers is typically around 5%, and the Intel one typically performs 20-40% better.

Care to elaborate more about that ??