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
- 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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