We have produced the following currently publicly available reports for Intel Corp. Reports are listed with the most recent first.
Thin clients: Understanding the costsWe look beyond the obvious costs associated with thin clients to examine the potentially major infrastructure costs necessary to support thin clients and the additional support costs organizations face over the lifetime of the systems.
PC vs. thin client performance in typical office application We compared the performance of PCs and two types of thin clients on test networks with varying numbers of active clients, each running the same typical office application tasks. We measured the response time users would experience on each system while performing common office functions with leading office applications.
Comparing PC Blade and thin client performance in typical office scenariosWe compared the performance of a ClearCube PC Blade with that of a Sun thin client and a Wyse thin client on 2 single-task scenarios and 2 multitasking scenarios.
Using SPECjbb2005 to measure energy use and performance on Intel- and AMD-processor-based quad-processor serversSPECjbb2005 is an industry-standard benchmark created by the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation to measure a server’s Java performance. We used SPECjbb2005 to evaluate the performance and power consumption of quad-processor servers using Dual-core AMD Opteron processor model 8220 SE and Dual-core Intel Xeon processor 7140M processors.
Windows Vista business performance: Intel vPro technology-based PCs vs. AMD processor-based PCs (November, 2006; 559KB) A performance comparison of Intel vPro technology-based PCs and AMD-processor based PCs on Microsoft Windows Vista in common business tasks. Our test scenarios include applications featuring real-time collaboration and communication, business intelligence and predictive modeling, and the new interface feature of Windows Vista.
Intel vPro technology and Windows Vista: a performance boost for common business applications We explored the response time a typical business user would experience during real-world work scenarios on an Intel vPro technology-based PC and three other platforms. We tested scenarios involving data security, finding and using information, and real-time communication and collaboration with Microsoft Office 2007 and other common office applications.
How an Intel vPro technology-based PC running Windows Vista compared with other platforms in predictive modeling and business intelligence scenarios We explored the response time a typical business user would experience during real-world work scenarios on an Intel vPro technology-based PC and three other platforms. We tested two scenarios using Microsoft Excel 2007 and one using Intuit QuickBooks Pro 2006.
Pairing Intel vPro technology with the new user interface features of Windows Vista in common business tasks We compared the performance in common business scenarios that utilize advanced user interface features in Microsoft Windows Vista of an Intel vPro technology based PC with that of three other platforms. We tested three scenarios that took advantage of various new features of Windows Vista. PT made evaluations based on a combination of hard performance measurements and subjective quality assessments
How an Intel vPro technology-based PC running Windows Vista compared with other platforms on 10 common business scenariosWe explored the response time a typical business user would experience during real-world work scenarios involving security anti-malware, sales and marketing with PowerPoint, communication and collaboration, data encryption, Monte Carlo simulation, revenue recalculation, and QuickBooks Pro reports. We also explored the experience a typical business user would have with some of Windows Vista’s user interface features involving find-and-use, playing HD video while executing other tasks, and supporting dual monitors.
Three reports involving server systems with the new Quad-Core Intel Xeon X5355 processor
Black-Scholes workload performance on quad-core and dual-core dual-processor servers The Black-Scholes kernel workload uses a financial modeling algorithm for the pricing of European-style options. We used Black-Scholes to evaluate the performance and power consumption of dual-processor servers: using the following processors: dual-core AMD Opteron processor model 2220 SE, Dual-Core Intel Xeon processor 5160, and Quad-core Intel Xeon processor X5355.
SunGard ACR workload performance on quad-core and dual-core dual-processor servers The SunGard Adaptiv Credit Risk (ACR) workload analyzes a large portfolio of client assets and generates a credit risk evaluation. We used SunGard to evaluate the performance and power consumption of dual-processor servers: using the following processors: dual-core AMD Opteron processor model 2220 SE, Dual-Core Intel Xeon processor 5160, and Quad-core Intel Xeon processor X5355.
WebBench performance on quad-core and dual-core dual-processor servers WebBench measures Web server performance by using large numbers of physical test clients to generate an HTTP based workload against a Web server under test. We used WebBench to evaluate the performance and power consumption of dual-processor servers using the following processors: dual-core AMD Opteron processor model 2220 SE, Dual-Core Intel Xeon processor 5160, and Quad-core Intel Xeon processor X5355.
SPECjbb2005 performance with varying numbers of virtual machines on Intel- and AMD-processor-based servers SPECjbb2005 is an industry-standard benchmark created by the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation to measure a server’s Java performance. We evaluated the performance and power consumption of multiple virtualized instances of SPECjbb2005 in the following dual-processor servers: Dual-Core AMD Opteron 285 (HP Proliant DL385) and Dual-Core Intel Xeon Processor 5160 (Supermicro SuperServer 7045B-8R+B).
The performance and performance per watt of the Accelrys DMol3 application on Intel- and AMD-processor-based servers The DMol3 software is a Density Functional Theory quantum mechanical code for use in chemistry and materials science. PT measured the performance and power consumption of the DMol3 workload on dual-processor servers using the Dual-Core Intel Xeon processor 5160 and Dual-Core AMD Opteron 285 processors.
Two reports involving server systems with Intel Xeon 51xx processors
SPECjbb2005 performance and power consumption on Intel Xeon 51xx processor-based servers SPECjbb2005 is an industry-standard benchmark created by the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation to measure a server’s Java performance. We used SPECjbb2005 to evaluate the performance and power consumption of dual-processor servers using the following processors: Dual-core Intel Xeon processor 5110, Dual-core Intel Xeon processor 5130, Dual-core Intel Xeon processor 5150, and Dual-core Intel Xeon processor 5160.
WebBench performance and power consumption on Intel Xeon 51xx processor-based servers WebBench measures Web server performance by using large numbers of physical test clients to generate an HTTP based workload against a Web server under test. We used WebBench to evaluate the performance and power consumption of dual-processor servers using the following processors: Dual-Core Intel Xeon processor 5110, Dual-Core Intel Xeon processor 5130, Dual-Core Intel Xeon processor 5150, and Dual-Core Intel Xeon processor 5160.
Two reports involving server systems with Intel Xeon 50xx processors
SPECjbb2005 performance and power consumption on Intel Xeon 50xx processor-based servers SPECjbb2005 is an industry-standard benchmark created by the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation to measure a server’s Java performance. We used SPECjbb2005 to evaluate the performance and power consumption of dual-processor servers using the following processors: Dual-core Intel Xeon processor 5030, Dual-core Intel Xeon processor 5050, and Dual-core Intel Xeon processor 5080.
WebBench performance and power consumption on Intel Xeon 50xx processor-based servers WebBench measures Web server performance by using large numbers of physical test clients to generate an HTTP based workload against a Web server under test. We used WebBench to evaluate the performance and power consumption of dual-processor servers using the following processors: Dual-Core Intel Xeon processor 5030, Dual-Core Intel Xeon processor 5050, and Dual-Core Intel Xeon processor 5080.
Six reports that compare the performance of three servers--an Intel Xeon processor 3070-based server, an Intel Pentium D processor 840-based server, and an Intel Pentium D processor 950-based server—on six different workloads.
SunGard ACR workload performance and power consumption on uniprocessor Intel-processor-based servers The SunGard Adaptiv Credit Risk (ACR) workload analyzes a large portfolio of client assets and generates a credit risk evaluation. We used SunGard to evaluate the performance and power consumption of uniprocessor servers using the following processors: Intel Pentium D processor 840, Intel Pentium D processor 950, and Intel Xeon processor 3070.
Black-Scholes workload performance and power consumption on uniprocessor Intel-processor-based servers The Black-Scholes kernel workload uses a financial modeling algorithm for the pricing of European-style options. We used Black-Scholes to evaluate the performance and power consumption of uniprocessor servers using the following processors: Intel Pentium D processor 840, Intel Pentium D processor 950, and Intel Xeon processor 3070.
WebBench performance and power consumption on uniprocessor Intel-processor-based servers WebBench measures Web server performance by using large numbers of physical test clients to generate an HTTP based workload against a Web server under test. We used WebBench to evaluate the performance and power consumption of uniprocessor servers using the following processors: Intel Pentium D processor 840, Intel Pentium D processor 950, and Intel Xeon processor 3070.
SPECjbb2005 performance and power consumption on uniprocessor Intel-processor-based servers SPECjbb2005 is an industry-standard benchmark created by the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation to measure a server’s Java performance. We used SPECjbb2005 to evaluate the performance and power consumption of uniprocessor servers using the following processors: Intel Pentium D processor 840, Intel Pentium D processor 950, and Intel Xeon processor 3070.
SPECfp_rate_base 2000 performance and power consumption on uniprocessor Intel-processor-based servers SPEC CPU 2000 SPECfp_rate_base is an industry-standard benchmark created by the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation to provide a comparative measure of compute-intensive floating point performance. We used it to evaluate the performance and power consumption of uniprocessor servers using the following processors: Intel Pentium D processor 840, Intel Pentium D processor 950, and Intel Xeon processor 3070.
SPECint_rate_base 2000 performance and power consumption on uniprocessor Intel-processor-based servers SPEC CPU 2000 iSPECint_rate_base is an industry-standard benchmark created by the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation to provide a comparative measure of compute-intensive integer performance. We used it to evaluate the performance and power consumption of uniprocessor servers using the following processors: Intel Pentium D processor 840, Intel Pentium D processor 950, and Intel Xeon processor 3070.
Measuring the effects of Intel vPro technology on the performance of routine business collaboration and productivity-related scenarios We measured the performance in common business multitasking scenarios of Intel vPro technology-based platforms with that of two earlier platforms by running a range of typical enterprise multitasking scenarios that involve real-time communication and collaboration with Microsoft Office Communicator 2005 as well as other common office applications.
Intel vPro technology: Measuring multitasking performance with common business applications and security programs We tested the performance in common business multitasking scenarios of Intel vPro Technology platforms with that of two other earlier platforms. We ran a range of typical enterprise multi-tasking scenarios including security tasks such as virus and spyware scans on four different Intel platform/processor combinations. SourceForge.net developers created SysBench to test the performance of servers running database systems. We evaluated the performance multiple virtualized instances of SysBench in the following quad-processor servers: HP Proliant DL585 (using the Dual-Core AMD Opteron 885) and Dual-Core Intel Xeon Processor 7140-based server.
Performance and power comparison: Three business notebook PCs with Intel and AMD processors We tested performance and power consumption of three OEM notebook systems while performing a range of tasks: data management, inventory control, email archival, and file conversion.
Performance and power comparison: Three business notebook PCs with Intel and AMD processors (one-page summary) We tested performance and power consumption of three OEM notebook systems while performing a range of tasks: data management, inventory control, email archival, and file conversion.
Performance and power comparison: Three consumer notebook PCs with Intel and AMD processors We tested battery life while performing a range of tasks: music ripping, photo editing, and video encoding.
Performance and power comparison: Three consumer notebook PCs with Intel and AMD processors (one-page summary) We tested performance and power consumption of three OEM notebook systems while performing a range of tasks: music ripping, photo editing, and video encoding
SysBench performance on Intel- and AMD-processor-based servers in a virtualized environment SourceForge.net developers created SysBench to test the performance of servers running database systems. We used SysBench to evaluate the performance and power consumption of dual-processor servers using the following processors: Dual-Core AMD Opteron 285 (HP Proliant DL385) and Dual-Core Intel Xeon Processor 5160 (Supermicro SuperServer 7045B-8R+B).
Four reports involving desktop systems with the new Intel Core 2 Duo Processor
Performance comparison: Four Dell XPS 700 systems with various Intel processors We compared the performance of four systems on BAPCo’s SYSmark 2004 SE and custom tests involving the following tasks alone and while scanning for viruses: photo editing, gaming, music encoding, and video encoding.
Performance comparison: Three Dell XPS 400-series systems with various Intel processors We compared the performance of three systems on BAPCo’s SYSmark 2004 SE and custom tests involving the following tasks alone and while scanning for viruses: photo editing, gaming, music encoding, and video encoding.
Performance comparison: Two Velocity Micro systems with AMD and Intel processors We compared the performance of two systems on BAPCo’s SYSmark 2004 SE and custom tests involving the following tasks alone and while scanning for viruses: photo editing, gaming, music encoding, and video encoding.
Performance comparison: Two desktop systems with AMD and Intel processors We compared the performance of two systems on BAPCo’s SYSmark 2004 SE and custom tests involving the following tasks alone and while scanning for viruses: photo editing, gaming, music encoding, and video encoding.
Two reports involving servers with the new Dual-Core Intel Xeon Processor 5160
WebBench performance on Intel Server Board S5000VSA with Intel Xeon processor 5160 WebBench measures Web server performance by using large numbers of physical test clients to generate an HTTP based workload against a Web server under test. We used WebBench to evaluate the performance of dual-processor servers using the following motherboards and processors: Intel Server Board SE7520AF2 with Dual-Core Intel Xeon processor 2.80 GHz and Intel Server Board S5000VSA with Dual-Core Intel Xeon Processor 5160.
WebBench performance on Intel Server Board S5000PAL with Intel Xeon processor 5160 WebBench measures Web server performance by using large numbers of physical test clients to generate an HTTP based workload against a Web server under test. We used WebBench to evaluate the performance of dual-processor servers using the following motherboards and processors: Intel Server Board SE7520AF2 with Dual-Core Intel Xeon processor 2.80 GHz and Intel Server Board S5000PAL with Dual-Core Intel Xeon Processor 5160.
SPECfp_rate_base 2000 performance of leading software compilers on AMD and Intel processor-based systems SPEC CPU 2000 SPECfp_rate_base is an industry-standard benchmark created by the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation to provide a comparative measure of compute-intensive floating point performance. We used it to evaluate the performance of two compilers, Intel C++ Compiler 9.1 for Linux and GNU gcc 4.1.1, on the following servers: Dual-Core AMD Opteron 285-based server with 8 GB of DDR2 memory and Dual-Core Intel Xeon processor 5160-based server with 8 GB of FBD memory.
Seven reports involving the new Dual-Core Intel Xeon Processor 5160
SPECjbb2005 performance and power consumption on Intel- and AMD-processor-based servers SPECjbb2005 is an industry-standard benchmark created by the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation to measure a server’s Java performance. We used SPECjbb2005 to evaluate the performance and power consumption of dual-processor servers using the following processors: 64-bit Intel Xeon processor 3.60 GHz, Dual-core Intel Xeon processor 5160, and dual-core AMD Opteron 285.
SunGard ACR workload performance and power consumption on Intel- and AMD-processor based servers The SunGard Adaptiv Credit Risk (ACR) workload analyzes a large portfolio of client assets and generates a credit risk evaluation. We used SunGard to evaluate the performance and power consumption of dual-processor servers using the following processors: 64-bit Intel Xeon processor 3.60 GHz, Dual-core Intel Xeon processor 5160, and dual-core AMD Opteron 285.
Black-Scholes workload performance and power consumption on Intel- and AMD-processor based servers The Black-Scholes kernel workload uses a financial modeling algorithm for the pricing of European-style options. We used Black-Scholes to evaluate the performance and power consumption of dual-processor servers using the following processors: 64-bit Intel Xeon Processor 3.60 GHz, Dual-Core Intel Xeon Processor 5160, and Dual-Core AMD Opteron 285.
SPECint_rate_base 2000 performance and power consumption on Intel- and AMD-processor based servers SPEC CPU 2000 iSPECint_rate_base is an industry-standard benchmark created by the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation to provide a comparative measure of compute-intensive integer performance. We used SPEC CPU 2000 to evaluate the performance and power consumption of dual-processor servers using the following processors: 64-bit Intel Xeon Processor 3.60 GHz, Dual-Core Intel Xeon Processor 5160, and Dual-Core AMD Opteron 285.
WebBench performance and power consumption on Intel- and AMD-processor based servers WebBench measures Web server performance by using large numbers of physical test clients to generate an HTTP based workload against a Web server under test. We used WebBench to evaluate the performance and power consumption of dual-processor servers using the following processors: 64-bit Intel Xeon Processor 3.60 GHz, Dual-Core Intel Xeon Processor 5160, and Dual-Core AMD Opteron 285.
Windows Media Load Simulator performance and power consumption on Intel- and AMD-processor based servers Windows Media Load Simulator simulates a real-world load on a streaming media server; it runs on one or more client computers to simulate a large number of client requests. We used Windows Media Load Simulator to evaluate the performance and power consumption of dual-processor servers using the following processors: 64-bit Intel Xeon Processor 3.60 GHz, Dual-Core Intel Xeon Processor 5160, and Dual-Core AMD Opteron 285.
SunGard ACR and Black-Scholes workload performance on Intel- and AMD-processor based servers The SunGard Adaptiv Credit Risk (ACR) workload and the Black-Scholes kernel workload to measure the performance of two servers with the following processors: Dual-Core Intel Xeon 5160 and Dual-Core AMD Opteron 280. We also gauged how performance scaled when upgrading from one to two processors.
Thin Clients: Cutting through the hype Despite claims that thin clients are the wave of the future, the market share of thin clients remains modest. For reasons intrinsic to the differing natures of PCs and thin clients, thin clients will continue to sell primarily to a few niche markets, while PCs will continue to be appropriate to a far broader range of users. In this white paper, we analyze and discuss when the competing thin client and PC platforms are appropriate.
CPU Performance: Two built-to-order systems We ran Futuremark's PCMark05 Professional on two Lenovo desktop systems available in the UK.
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Value PC Performance: Built-To-Order SystemsWe investigated the performance of two built-to-order PCs: HP Pavilion a1100e with an AMD Sempron 3200+ processor and HP Pavilion a1100y with an Intel Celeron D 346 processor. We ran SYSmark 2004 SE, WebMark 2004 + Patch 1, PCMark05, and several custom tests.
