Intel’s new Xeon Nocona 3.4 GHz vs. AMD’s Opteron 250
Omega65
Philadelphia, Pa
GamePC reviews Intels new 64bit enabled Nocona core Xeon 3.4ghz and compares it to the most powerful x86 CPU available the AMD Opteron 250 (2.4ghz)
The “Nocona” based Xeon processor is an impressive chip, any way you slice it. The chip’s larger 1MB of L2 cache, higher clock speeds, and 64-bit processing are three very solid architectural improvements. Combine these features with Intel’s new E7525 chipset along with the PCI Express connectivity and DDR2 memory interface, and you can that this new Xeon family has the look and feel of a true next generation platform.
The “Nocona” based Xeon processor is an impressive chip, any way you slice it. The chip’s larger 1MB of L2 cache, higher clock speeds, and 64-bit processing are three very solid architectural improvements. Combine these features with Intel’s new E7525 chipset along with the PCI Express connectivity and DDR2 memory interface, and you can that this new Xeon family has the look and feel of a true next generation platform.
Source: GamePCAMD's Opteron has been walloping Intel in the high-end workstation and server markets since it was released over a year ago. While Intel may still achieve higher sales numbers due to a much larger user install base, AMD's Opteron is undeniably cutting into the Xeon's territory and picking up quite a lot of support from OEM's and customers. The Opteron's on-die DDR memory controller and efficient architecture have played well in the workstation/server markets.
What may be even more impressive is that with so much going against it, AMD’s fastest Opteron 250 processors still not only manage to fend off the Xeon, but in some benchmarks, still can crush the latest and greatest from Intel with ease. While Intel may be the choice for content creation types, the Opteron still wallops the Xeon in terms of memory bandwidth/latency, number crunching, webserver performance, and media encoding.
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