Thursday May 15, 2008
The Sun Fire X4440 (4 2.3GHz Opteron QC) (system 606watts measured) running Sun Java SE 6 Update 6-p achieved a result of 372467 SPECjbb2005 bops,
46558 SPECjbb2005 bops/JVM for the best score for all Opteron-based
servers on the SPECjbb2005 benchmark.
The Sun Fire X4440 demonstrated better performance over the HP DL585 G5
result of 368,543 SPECjbb2005 bops, 92136 SPECjbb2005 bops/JVM which
used 4 2.3GHz Opteron quad-core and the BEA JRocket JDK 1.6.0_03.
The Sun Fire X4440 consumed 606 Watts on average during the
execution of this benchmark while occupying 2 RU of space.
The Sun Fire X4440 demonstrated 2.7X better SWaP than the HP DL 585 G5
which requires 4 RU of space and an estimated power rating of 804watts.
The Sun Fire X4440 demonstrated 7% better performance over the
IBM p 570 result of 346,742 SPECjbb2005 bops, 86686 SPECjbb2005
bops/JVM which used four 4.7GHz POWER6 (8-cores). The watts on that configuration are estimated power rating of 2,040watts.
The Sun Fire X4440 used Solaris 10 5/08 to obtain this leading result.
The SWaP metric is a measure of server efficiency ratio that
includes system performance, power and space consumption on a
specific benchmark. (SWaP = Perf /[ Space (RU) x Watts ] )
SPECjbb2005 results comparing HP Opteron quad-core, Sun Opteron quad-core and
IBM POWER6 4-Chip systems
| System |
CPU |
Perf |
| name |
sys
watts |
Chip,
Core,
Thrd |
GHz
CPU |
SPECjbb
2005
bops |
JVMs |
SPECjbb
2005
bops/JVM |
| Sun Fire X4440 |
606w
measured |
4,16,16 |
2.3 Opteron
8356 |
372,467 |
8 |
46558 |
| HP DL585 G5 |
804w
pow est |
4,16,16 |
2.3 Opteron
8356 |
368,543 |
4 |
92136 |
| IBM p 570 |
1,960w
pow est |
4,8,16 |
4.7 POWER6 |
346,742 |
4 |
86686 |
SPECjbb2005 Performance Chart (ordered by performance)
bops: SPECjbb2005 Business Operations per Second (bigger is better)
Complete benchmark results may be found at the SPEC benchmark website http://www.spec.org.
Benchmark Description
SPECjbb2005 (Java Business Benchmark) measures the performance of a Java implemented application tier (server-side Java). The benchmark is based on the order processing in a wholesale supplier application. The performance of the user tier and the
database tier are not measured in this test. The metrics given are number of SPECjbb2005 bops (Business Operations per Second) and SPECjbb2005 bops/JVM (bops per JVM instance).
Disclosure Statement:
SPEC, SPECjbb reg tm of Standard Performance Evaluation
Corporation. Results as of 5/12/08 on www.spec.org.
Sun Fire X4440(4 chips, 16 cores) 372467 SPECjbb2005 bops, 46558 SPECjbb2005 bops/JVM submitted for review.
HP DL 585 G5(4 chips, 16 cores) 368543 SPECjbb2005 bops, 92136 SPECjbb2005 bops/JVM. IBM p570 (4 chips, 8 cores) 346742 SPECjbb2005 bops,
86686 SPECjbb2005 bops/JVM.
Power References:
HP ProLiant DL585 G5 power rating of 804W is estimated as 70% of maximum PSU rating published on 5/4/2008 at:
http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/13016_na/13016_na.html
IBM p6 570 power specifications from 70% of maximum report power consumption published here, 06/07/07, posted at ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/common/ssi/rep_sp/n/PSB01628USEN/PSB01628USEN.PDF
4-core at 980w, 8-core at 1960w estimates.
Results Summary
| Reference Date: |
|
May 13, 2008 |
| Results |
|
372467 SPECjbb2005 bops, 46558 SPECjbb2005 bops/JVM |
| System: |
|
Sun Fire X4440 |
| Processor: |
|
4 x AMD Opteron 8356 2.3 GHz |
| Operating System: |
|
Solaris 10 5/08 |
| JVM: |
|
Java HotSpot(TM) 32-Bit Server, Version 1.6.0_06-p |
Friday May 09, 2008
Dave Dagastine's Blog covers Sun's two new SPECjbb2005 World Records on Sun's X64 systems. The Sun Fire X4450, 4-chip Xeon QC CPUs and Java SE 6 Update 6-P, now hold the 4-chip Multi-JVM World Record and the single-JVM x86 world record.
see: http://blogs.sun.com/dagastine/entry/sun_java_on_intel_delivers1
Now one of the things I don't know is if my Sun colleages used a non-standard BIOS on this benchmark. I imagine my colleages did the same thing as the other vendors who benchmark Xeons on SPECjbb, so at least everyone is playing the same field. My personal opinion is that the BIOS should not be tuned differently for different benchmarks. But no one listens to me 
Disclosure Statement
SPEC, SPECjbb reg tm of Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation. Sun Fire X4450 results submitted to SPEC. Other results as of 05/6/08 on www.spec.org. Sun Fire X4450 (4 chips, 16 cores, Sun JDK 6u6-p) SPECjbb2005 bops = 464355, SPECjbb2005 bops/JVM = 58044. Sun Fire X4450 (4 chips, 16 cores, Sun JDK 6u6-p) SPECjbb2005 bops = 464355, SPECjbb2005 bops/JVM = 58044. SPECjbb2005 bops = 389208, SPECjbb2005 bops/JVM = 389208.
Wednesday Apr 09, 2008
The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5240 with two 1.4 GHz UltraSPARC T2 Plus
processors obtained the best multi-JVM 2-chip results on the
SPECjbb2005 server-side Java benchmark.
A Sun SPARC Enterprise T5240 server equipped with two UltraSPARC
T2 Plus processors at 1.4GHz, delivered a World Record 2-chip result of
373,405 SPECjbb2005 bops, 23338 SPECjbb2005 bops/JVM. The Sun SPARC
Enterprise T5240 consumed an average of 770 Watts of power to obtain
this result.
One Sun SPARC Enterprise T5240 server (two 1.4 GHz UltraSPARC T2 Plus
chips) demonstrated 11% better performance over the IBM p550 result of
333,779 SPECjbb2005 bops, 83445 SPECjbb2005 bops/JVM which uses four
4.2GHz POWER6 chips. The Sun T5240 server has 3.25X better SWaP and
50% better power-performance than the IBM p550.
One Sun SPARC Enterprise T5240 server (two 1.4 GHz UltraSPARC T2 Plus
chips) demonstrated 23% better performance over the Dell 2950 result
of 303,130 SPECjbb2005 bops, 75783 SPECjbb2005 bops/JVM which uses two
3.1GHz Intel Xeon X5460 chips. The Sun T5240 server has similar
power-performance compared to the Dell 2950.
One Sun SPARC Enterprise T5240 server (two 1.4 GHz UltraSPARC T2 Plus
chips) demonstrated 2.4X better performance over the HP rx6600 result
of 158,174 SPECjbb2005 bops, 39544 SPECjbb2005 bops/JVM which uses four
1.6 GHz Intel Itanium 2 chips. The Sun T5240 server has 12.5X better
SWaP and 3.5X power-performance than the HP rx6600.
One Sun SPARC Enterprise T5240 server (two 1.4 GHz UltraSPARC T2 Plus
chips) demonstrated 4.6X better performance over the HP rx2660 result
of 80,884 SPECjbb2005 bops, 80884 SPECjbb2005 bops/JVM which uses two
1.6GHz Intel Itanium 2 chips. The Sun T5240 server has 3.4X better
SWaP and 3.5X power-performance than the HP rx2660.
One Sun SPARC Enterprise T5240 server (two 1.4 GHz UltraSPARC T2 Plus
chips) demonstrated 2.1X better performance over the IBM p570 result
of 175,474 SPECjbb2005 bops, 87737 SPECjbb2005 bops/JVM which uses two
4.7GHz POWER6 chips. The T5240 server has 5.7X better SWaP and 3X
power-performance than the IBM p570.
One Sun SPARC Enterprise T5240 server (two 1.4 GHz UltraSPARC T2 Plus
chips) demonstrated 65% better performance over the IBM p560Q result
of 226,291 SPECjbb2005 bops, 28286 SPECjbb2005 bops/JVM which uses eight
1.5GHz POWER5+ chips. The T5240 server has 17.2X better SWaP and 4.5X
power-performance than the IBM p560Q.
The SWaP metric is a measure of server efficiency ratio that
includes system performance, power and space consumption on a
specific benchmark. (SWaP = Perf /[ Space (RU) x Watts ] )
SPECjbb2005 Performance Chart (ordered by performance)
bops : SPECjbb2005 Business Operations per Second (bigger is better)
|
System
|
Date
|
CPUs
|
Performance
|
Chip,
Cores,
Threads
|
GHz,
CPU
|
bops
|
JVMs
|
bops/JVM
|
|
Sun SPARC Enterprise T5240
|
04/08
|
2, 16, 128
|
1.4 US-T2 Plus
|
373405
|
16
|
23338
|
|
IBM p550
|
2/08
|
4, 8, 16
|
4.2 POWER6
|
333779
|
4
|
83445
|
Dell PowerEdge 2950
|
11/07
|
2, 8, 8
|
3.16 Xeon
|
303130
|
4
|
75783
|
|
IBM p550Q
|
2/06
|
8, 16, 32
|
1.5 POW5+
|
226291
|
8
|
28286
|
|
IBM p570
|
6/07
|
2, 4, 4
|
4.7 POWER6
|
175474
|
2
|
87737
|
|
HP rx6600
|
11/06
|
4, 8, 16
|
1.6 Itanium 2
|
158174
|
4
|
39544
|
|
HP rx2660
|
1/07
|
2, 4, 4
|
1.6 Itanium 2
|
80884
|
1
|
80884
|
Complete benchmark results may be found at the SPEC benchmark website http://www.spec.org.
Power-performance is computed as watt/performance. Since
power-performance is related to price/performance they are
both calculated with performance in the denominator.
Benchmark Description
SPECjbb2005 (Java Business Benchmark) measures the performance of a Java implemented application tier (server-side Java). The benchmark is based on the order processing in a wholesale supplier application. The performance of the user tier and the
database tier are not measured in this test. The metrics given are number of SPECjbb2005 bops (Business Operations per Second) and SPECjbb2005 bops/JVM (bops per JVM instance).
Disclosure Statement:
SPECjbb2005
Sun SPARC Enterprise T5240 (2 chips, 16 cores) 373405 SPECjbb2005 bops, 23338
SPECjbb2005 bops/JVM. IBM p550 (4 chips, 8 cores) 333779 SPECjbb2005 bops, 83445 SPECjbb2005 bops/JVM. Dell 2950 (2 chips, 8 cores) 303130 SPECjbb2005 bops, 75783 SPECjbb2005 bops/JVM. HP rx6600 (4 chips, 8 cores) 158174 SPECjbb2005 bops, 39544 SPECjbb2005 bops/JVM. HP rx2660 (2 chips, 4 cores) 80884 SPECjbb2005 bops, 80884 SPECjbb2005 bops/JVM. IBM p570 (2 chips, 4 cores) 175474 SPECjbb2005 bops, 87737 SPECjbb2005 bops/JVM. IBM p560Q (8 chips, 16 cores) 226291 SPECjbb2005 bops, 28286 SPECjbb2005 bops/JVM.
SPEC, SPECjbb reg tm of Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation
Results from http://www.spec.org as of 04/09/08
Power References:
Dell 2950 power rating estimated by applying 70% to the PSU rating here:
http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/products/pedge/en/pe_2950_III_spec_sheet.pdf
IBM p550 power specifications from 80% of maximum report power consumption
published in ?Facts and Features Report?, 02/05/08, posted at
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/common/ssi/pm/br/n/psb01628usen/PSB01628USEN.PDF
HP rx6600 power consumption estimated by taking 70% of the maximum reported
power dissipation, documented here on 03/23/07:
http://h20341.www2.hp.com/integrity/cache/387834-0-0-225-121.html
http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/12596_div/12596_div.HTML#Technical%20Specifications
IBM p6 570 power specifications from 80% of maximum report power consumption
published here, 06/07/07, posted at
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/common/ssi/rep_sp/n/PSB01628USEN/PSB01628USEN.PDF
HP rx2660 power calculated as 70% of max input power reported 07/17/07:
http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/12698_div/12698_div.HTML#Technical%20Specifications
IBM p560Q (note used 2 x 4U systems to support 4 x QCMs) power specifications calculated
by applying 80% of the Maximum Watts published in "Facts and Features Report",
03/26/07, posted at
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/common/ssi/rep_sp/n/PSB01628USEN/PSB01628USEN.PDF
Results Summary
|
Results
|
|
|
Sun SPARC Enterprise T5240:
|
|
373405 SPECjbb2005 bops, 23338 SPECjbb2005 bops/JVM
|
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|
|
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Reference Date:
|
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Apr 9, 2008
|
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Systems:
|
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Sun SPARC Enterprise T5240
|
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Total Number Processors:
|
|
2
|
|
Processor/GHz of Server:
|
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UltraSPARC T2 Plus 1.4 GHz
|
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Operating System:
|
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Solaris 10 8/07
|
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JVM:
|
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Java HotSpot(TM) 32-Bit Server, Version 1.6.0_06-p
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