Compared To AMD Opteron, Sun Fire X4100 M2 and Sun Fire X2200 M2 September 25, 2007,
Volume 115, Issue 4
The Sun Fire X4150 is an enterprise class server that is fast,
expandable, energy efficient and easy to manage. It is ideal for a
broad range of applications running Solaris, Linux, Windows or VMware.
Find out more about the newly announced Sun Fire X4150 powered by the Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor 5300 series [18640] by reviewing what's new in Intel's core micro-architecture; how its architecture and memory compares to AMD Opteron; plus how does the Sun Fire X4150 compare to the Sun Fire X4100 M2 and Sun Fire X2200 M2.
What's new in Intel's core micro-architecture:
Wide Dynamic Execution: Up to 4 instructions per clock
Advanced Smart Cache: Improves sharing of cache memory between cores
Smart Memory Access: Data pre-fetching from main memory to cache memory improvements
Intelligent Power Capability: Manages power consumption of all core execution units
Digital Media Boost: Streaming SIMD (single instruction, multiple data) extensions executed in one clock cycle
Intel Xeon Architecture compared to AMD Opteron Architecture
Intel Xeon:
Scalable to 4-Sockets
Front Side Bus
Memory Bandwidth
Independent of Processor Population
I/O Bandwidth Independent of Processor Count
Excellent Integer Performance
Good Floating Point Performance
Longer Memory Latency
Lower CPU Power Consumption
Higher FB-DIMM Power Consumption
AMD Opteron:
Scalable to 8 Sockets
HyperTransport
Memory Scales with Additional Processors
I/O Throughput Can Scale with Additional Processors
Good Integer Performance
Excellent Floating Point Performance
Shorter Memory Latency
Higher CPU Power Consumption
Lower DDR2 DIMM Power Consumption
Difference between Intel Xeon's FB-DIMM memory and AMD Opteron's DDR2 DIMM
FB-DIMM:
Speed: 533/667 MHz
Memory Capacity: 4 FB-DIMM/Channel at full speed
Memory Scaling: Full population
Memory: MCH + AMB
Memory Bus Topology: Serial
Data Path: Individual Read and Write
Pin Count: 69
Power: 10.4 Watts/module
DDR2 DIMM:
Speed: 400/533/667 MHz
Memory Capacity: 2 DDR2 DIMM/Channel at full speed
Memory Scaling: Memory scales with CPU
Memory: Integrated in CPU Controller
Memory Bus Topology: Parallel
Data Path: Shared Read and Write
Pin Count: 240
Power: 4.4 Watts/module
Sun Fire X4150 compared to Sun Fire X4100 M2 and Sun Fire X2200 M2
Sun Fire X4150:
Processor Type: Intel Xeon
Processors: Dual Core, Quad Core
Memory Type: 667 MHz ECC FB-DIMM
Memory Slots: 16 DIMM slots
DIMMs per CPU: 2 to 16 DIMMs per system regardless of CPU count
Memory Type: 667 MHz ECC FB-DIMM
Disk Controller: SATA onboard SAS HBA add-on
Internal Disks: 8 2.5-inch SAS or 6 2.5-inch SATA (at end of CY2007)
RAID Support: RAID 0, 1, 1E, 10, 5, 5EE, 50, 6, 60, with SAS RAID HBA
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