World Record Performance SPECapc Sun beats Woodcrest
Tuesday Nov 14, 2006
Sun Ultra 40 M2 w/2xFX 5500 nVidia Framebuffers (SLI) World Record Performance SPECapc Unigraphics UGS-NX3
The Sun Ultra 40 M2 with dual nVidia Quadro FX 5500s in SLI mode sets a world record running the SPEC APC UGS-NX3 graphics oriented MCAD benchmark beating all desktop platforms, including the Woodcrest and Intel Core2 "Extreme Processor" X6800 cpu's.
The SPEC APC MCAD benchmarks consist of tasks representative of what a designer would do in a typical session. This consists of "Graphics", "CPU", and "I/O" activities.
- In dual framebuffer SLI mode the Ultra 40 M2 with 2.8GHz 2220SE dual core Opteron processors outperforms a Dell 690 (3.0 GHz Woodcrest) by 14% overall and by 37% in the graphics test components.
- In addition, in dual framebuffer SLI mode the existing Ultra 40 outperforms the Dell 690 (Woocrest 3.0 GHz) by 16% overall and by 61% in the graphics component. The Ultra 40 with 3.0 GHz single core Opteron 256 processors (400 MHz DDR1 dimms) versus the 2.8 GHz dual core Opteron 2220SE processors (667 MHz DDR2 dimms), edging the Ultra 40 M2 by about 1%.
The Sun Ultra 40 with a single nVidia Quadro FX 5500 outperforms most other high end desktops equipped with a single framebuffer with currently posted results obtained running the SPEC APC UGS-NX3 benchmark.
- The Sun Ultra 40 with FX 5500 framebuffer
outperforms (is faster than) Woodcrest desktops.
H-P XW 6400 (4% overall, 39% on graphics);
Dell Precision 690 (9% overall, 52% on graphics);
IBM Intellistation Z Pro 9228 (14% overall, 62% on graphics)
- The Sun Ultra 40 with FX 5500 framebuffer also outperforms all desktops equipped with the Intel 2.93 GHz X6800 "Extreme Processors". H-P XW 4400 (6% overall, 47% on graphics); Dell Precision 390 (10% overall, 47% on graphics)
Sun Opteron desktops have dominated with leading MCAD benchmark results dating back to the introduction of the Sun W1100 and W2100. Sun desktops continue to exhibit excellent MCAD performance as demonstrated by the world record results here for this SPEC APC UGS-NX3 benchmark.
SPECapc Unigraphics NX 3 Benchmark Competitive Landscape (larger is faster):
| System | Overall Composite |
CPU Composite |
File I/0 Composite |
Graphics Composite |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun Ultra 40 3.0GHz Opteron 256 2x FX 5500 (SLI) |
7.28 | 2.94 | 2.85 | 19.81 |
| Sun Ultra 40 M2 2.8GHz Opteron 2220SE 2x FX 5500 (SLI) |
7.19 | 3.08 | 3.00 | 16.85 |
| Fujitsu Siemens CELSIUS 3.0GHz Intel 5150 FX 5500 |
6.42 | 3.67 | 2.28 | 10.17 |
| Dell Precision 690 3.0GHz Woodcrest 2x FX 4500 (SLI) |
6.30 | 3.25 | 1.64 | 12.29 |
| Sun Ultra 40 3.0GHz Opteron 256 FX 5500 |
5.66 | 2.94 | 1.96 | 10.11 |
| HP xw6400 WS 3.0GHz Woodcrest FX 4500 |
5.42 | 3.39 | 3.51 | 7.26 |
| HP xw4400 2.93GHz X6800 FX 3500 |
5.33 | 3.40 | 4.52 | 6.87 |
| Dell Precision 690 3.00 GHz Woodcrest FX 3500 |
5.17 | 3.38 | 3.69 | 6.64 |
| Dell Precision 390 2.93 GHz X6800 FX 3500 |
5.16 | 3.46 | 2.18 | 6.87 |
| IBM Intellistation Z Pro 9228 3.0GHz Woodcrest FX 3500 |
4.96 | 3.43 | 2.84 | 6.23 |
Results Summary for the SPECapc Unigraphics NX 3 benchmark:
| Results | |||||
| Dual FX 5500 |
Dual FX 5500 |
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| Overall Composite: | 7.19 | 7.28 | |||
| CPU Composite: | 3.08 | 2.94 | |||
| File I/O Composite: | 3.00 | 2.85 | |||
| Graphics Composite: | 16.85 | 19.81 | |||
| Reference Date: | 11/10/06 | 10/12/06 | |||
| System: | Sun Ultra U40 M2 | Sun Ultra U40 | |||
| Processor/GHz: | Opteron 2220SE/2.8 | Opteron 256/3.0 | |||
Disclosure Statement:
SPEC reg tm, SPECapc server mark of Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation. Results from www.spec.org as of Oct 12, 2006: Sun Ultra 40, 2xFX 5500, overall composite 7.28; Dell Precision 690, 2xFX 4500, overall composite 6.30. Results from www.spec.org as of Oct 12, 2006: Sun Ultra 40, FX 5500, overall composite 5.66; HP xw6400, FX 4500, overall composite 5.42; Dell Precision 690, FX 3500, overall composite 5.17; IBM Intellistation Z Pro 9228, FX 3500, overall composite 4.96. Results from www.spec.org as of Nov. 8, 2006: Fujitsu Siemens CELSIUS, FX 5500, overall composite 6.42. Results from www.spec.org as of Nov 10, 2006: Sun Ultra 40 M2, 2xFX 5500, overall composite 7.19. Results from www.spec.org as of Oct 12, 2006: Sun Ultra 40, FX 5500, overall composite 5.66; HP xw4400, FX 3500, overall composite 5.33; Dell Precision 390, FX 3500, overall composite 5.16.
