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Dual Chip World Record, SPEC OMP2001: Sun SPARC Enterprise T5240

Thursday Apr 10, 2008

The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5240 server delivers the best performance on the SPEC OMPM2001 benchmark for two chips. These results were run on the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5240 server using the UltraSPARC T2 Plus processor running at 1.4 GHz.

The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5240 server running the UltraSPARC T2 Plus processor at 1.4 GHz, beat all dual chip scores running SPECompM2001 with a score of 25488.

The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5240 server running the UltraSPARC T2 Plus processor at 1.4 GHz, beat all dual chip scores running SPECompM_base2001 with a score of 21145.

The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5240 server running at 1.4 GHz beat the best IBM dual chip result (POWER6) by 25% on the SPECompM2001 benchmark.

SPEComp2001 Performance Chart - SPECompM2001 (bigger is better)

Select 2 chip or less results ordered by peak metric.

Result Chips Cores OpenMP
Thrds		 System
Peak Base
25488 21145 2 8 128 Sun SPARC Enterprise T5240, UltraSPARC T2 Plus, 1.4GHz
20443 18950 2 4 8 IBM p 520, POWER6, 4.2 GHz
19983 15355 2 4 8 IBM p5 550, POWER5+, 2.1 GHz
19688 17980 2 4 8 IBM JS22, POWER6, 4.0 GHz
19568 18218 2 4 8 IBM JS22, POWER6, 4.0 GHz
16208 14399 1 8 63 Sun SE T5120/T5220, US T2, 1.4 GHz

Benchmark Description

The SPEC OMPM2001 Benchmark Suite was released in June 2001 and tests HPC performance using OpenMP for parallelism.

  • 11 programs (3 in C and 8 in Fortran) parallelized using OpenMP API
Goals of suite:
  • Targeted to mid-range (4-32 processor) parallel systems
  • Run rules, tools and reporting similar to SPEC CPU2000
  • Programs representative of HPC and Scientific Applications

Disclosure Statement:

SPEC, SPEComp reg tm of Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation. Sun result submitted to SPEC. Other results from www.spec.org as of 4/6/08. Sun SPARC Enterprise T5240 (2 chips, 16 cores, 128 threads, 1.4GHz) 25488 SPECompM2001.

SPEC, SPEComp reg tm of Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation. Sun result submitted to SPEC. Other results from www.spec.org as of 4/6/08. Sun SPARC Enterprise T5240 (2 chips, 16 cores, 128 threads, 1.4GHz) 21145 SPECompM_base2001.

SPEC, SPEComp reg tm of Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation. Sun result submitted to SPEC. Other results from www.spec.org as of 4/6/08. Sun SPARC Enterprise T5240 (2 chips, 16 cores, 128 threads, 1.4GHz) 25294 SPECompM2001. IBM p 520 (2 chips, 4 cores, 8 threads, 4.2GHz) 20443 SPECompM2001.

Results Summary

Result
Sun SPARC Enterprise T5240: 25488 SPECompM2001
  21145 SPECompM_base2001
Reference Date: Apr 09, 2008
Operating System: Solaris 10 8/07
Compiler: Sun Studio 12

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Sun Blade X6220 4-thread SPEC OMPM2001 World Record

Thursday Jun 14, 2007

The Sun Blade X6220 (Opteron 2222SE) delivers the best performance on the SPEC OMPM2001 benchmark suite of all systems running 4-threads results.

The Sun Blade X6220 server in an two-way, dual-core configuration, produced best 4-thread SPECompM2001 result of 13847. The results show that the combination of Solaris 10 using Sun Studio 12 is unmatched by the competition for assisting users in writing parallel code.

How does this compare to a 4-thead IBM POWER6?
We don't know it is just another benchmark that IBM doesn't publish on. But we know that 32-thread IBM System p 570 (4.7 GHz, 32 threads, 16 cores, 8 chip) result of 86,624 SPECompMpeak2001. This is 8 times more threads than what we need to make a useful comparison, or do the math. Check the IBM system pricing to see the expense of a POWER6 versus blades.

SPECompM2001 Performance - peak, bigger is better
Result Cores Chips Threads System
Peak Base
13847 13348 4 2 4 Sun Blade X6220, Opteron 2222SE, 3.0GHz
13817 13195 4 1 4 Sun Fire V40z, Opteron 254, 2.8GHz
13222 12763 4 2 4 Sun Fire X4100/X4200 M2, Opteron 2220SE, 2.8GHz
12574 12127 4 2 4 Sun Fire X2200 M2, Opteron 2218, 2.6GHz
10964 10424 4 2 4 Sun Fire X4100, Opteron 285, 2.6GHz
8174 8141 2 1 4 IBM System p5 520 (1900 MHz, 2 CPU)

Benchmark Description

The SPEC OMPM2001 Benchmark Suite was released in June 2001 and tests HPC performance using OpenMP for parallelism.

  • 11 programs (3 in C and 8 in Fortran) parallelized using OpenMP API
Goals of suite:
  • Targeted to mid-range (4-32 processor) parallel systems
  • Run rules, tools and reporting similar to SPEC CPU2000
  • Programs representative of HPC and Scientific Applications

Disclosure Statement:

SPEC, SPEComp reg tm of Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation. Results from www.spec.org as of Jun 6, 2007, Sun result submitted to SPEC. Sun Blade X6220 (4 cores, 2 chips, 4 threads), 13,847 SPECompM2001. Sockets refers to chips. 32-thead 16-core IBM System p 570 (4.7 GHz, 8 chip, 32 threads) result (86,624 SPECompMpeak2001), submitted to SPEC, but IBM does not list the date on their official website http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/p/benchmarks/hpc.html, why not?

System Configuration

Result
X6220 4-threads: 13847 SPECompM2001
Reference Date: Jun 06, 2007
System: Sun Blade X6220 16GB memory (4x2GB per chip), DDR667
Total Number Processors: 2
Processor/GHz of Server: Opteron 2222SE, 3.0 GHz
Operating System: Solaris 10 11/06
Compiler: Sun Studio 12

See Also
sun.com X6220 Blade Benchmark Page

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update: Solaris beating Linux Performance

Wednesday Jan 03, 2007

(Update with corrections of previous entry)

Sun Fire X4100/X4200M2 4-thread 2-socket World Record, shows that Solaris 10 and Sun Studio 11 are faster than Opterons running Linux (31% faster than PGI and 8% faster than Pathscale compilers). The Sun Fire X4100/X4200M2 two-way dual-core server produced best SPECompM2001 result of 13222.

Sun Solaris 10/Studio11 was 31% faster than Linux/PGI with AMD Tyan system using SuSE Linux SLES9 SP3 64-bit/PGI 6.2-4. The AMD Tyan even used faster CL4 DIMMs. Both results submitted Nov 2006. The Sun Fire X4100/X4200M2 also topped the IBM p5 520 POWER5+ 1.9GHz AIX5L V5.3 result by 61%.

Solaris/Studio 11 is 8% faster than Linux SuSE SLES9 SP3 64bit using QLogic PathScale Compiler Suite v2.5.

There is a growing body of favorable comparisons showing Solaris advantages over Linux on performance. Remember the previous BM Seer posting on Java performance.

Even more examples of Solaris beating Linux coming soon.

SPECompM2001 Results (bigger is better)
SPECompM2001 Cores Chips Thrds System
13222 4 2 4 Sun Fire X4100/X4200 M2, Opteron 2220SE, 2.8GHz
12574 4 2 4 Sun Fire X2200 M2, Opteron 2218, 2.6GHz
12172 4 2 4 AMD Tyan n6650w, Opteron 8220, 2.8GHz
10085 4 2 4 AMD Tyan n6650w, Opteron 8220, 2.8GHz
8174 2 1 4 IBM System p5 520 (1900 MHz, 2 CPU)

Benchmark Description

The SPEC OMPM2001 Benchmark Suite was released in June 2001 and tests HPC performance using OpenMP for parallelism. It consists of 11 programs (8 in Fortran and 3 in C) parallelized using OpenMP API.

Goals of the benchmark:

  • Targeted to mid-range (4-32 processor) parallel systems
  • Run rules, tools and reporting similar to SPEC CPU2000
  • Programs representative of HPC and Scientific Applications

    • See Also:
    SPEC OMP2001 Page
    sun.com X4100 Benchmark Page
    sun.com X4200 Benchmark Page

    Disclosure Statement:

    SPEC, SPEComp reg tm of Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation. Results from www.spec.org Results as of Jan 2, 2007. Sun Fire X4100/X4200 M2 (4 cores, 2 chips, 4 threads), 13,222 SPECompM2001. AMD Tyan n6650w (4 cores, 2 chips, 4 threads), 10,085 SPECompM2001 PGI compiler. AMD Tyan n6650w (4 cores, 2 chips, 4 threads), 12,172 SPECompM2001 Pathscale compiler. Sockets refers to chips.

    Results Summary

      X4100/X4200 M2 4-threads: 13222 SPECompM2001
      X2200 M2 4-threads: 12574 SPECompM2001
      Reference Date: Oct 16, 2006
      System: Sun Fire X4100/X4200M2 16GB memory (4x2GB per chip), DDR667
      Processors: two Opteron 2220SE, 2.8 GHz
      Operating System: Solaris 10
      Compiler: Sun Studio 11

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    Solaris again beating Linux on benchmark

    Wednesday Dec 20, 2006

    This entry has been updated, for the latest please go to:
    http://blogs.sun.com/bmseer/entry/update_solaris_beating_linux_performance.

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