X-Original-To: pgsql-performance-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C484611F610C for ; Tue, 25 Apr 2006 18:00:29 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 34150-02 for ; Tue, 25 Apr 2006 18:00:18 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from projects.commandprompt.com (host-130.commandprompt.net [207.173.203.130]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 471D011F61E8 for ; Tue, 25 Apr 2006 18:00:16 -0300 (ADT) Received: from [192.168.1.50] (or-67-76-146-141.sta.sprint-hsd.net [67.76.146.141]) (authenticated bits=0) by projects.commandprompt.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k3PL0BEo003843; Tue, 25 Apr 2006 14:00:12 -0700 Message-ID: <444E8DD8.3040504@commandprompt.com> Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 14:00:08 -0700 From: "Joshua D. Drake" Organization: Command Prompt, Inc. User-Agent: Mail/News 1.5 (X11/20060309) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: david_list@boreham.org CC: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Large (8M) cache vs. dual-core CPUs References: <20060425141435.6c8c163c.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> <1145990018.23538.234.camel@state.g2switchworks.com> <20060425183817.GA9241@mark.mielke.cc> <1145990551.23538.244.camel@state.g2switchworks.com> <444E7F47.3010003@boreham.org> In-Reply-To: <444E7F47.3010003@boreham.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.88, clamav-milter version 0.87 on projects.commandprompt.com X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Greylist: Sender succeded SMTP AUTH authentication, not delayed by milter-greylist-1.6 (projects.commandprompt.com [192.168.2.159]); Tue, 25 Apr 2006 14:00:12 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200604/574 X-Sequence-Number: 18658 David Boreham wrote: > >> Actually, that was from an article from this last month that compared >> the dual core intel to the amd. for every dollar spent on the intel, >> you got about half the performance of the amd. Not bigotry. fact. >> >> But don't believe me or the other people who've seen the difference. Go >> buy the Intel box. No skin off my back. >> > I've been doing plenty of performance evaluation on a parallel application > we're developing here : on Dual Core Opterons, P4, P4D. I can say that > the Opterons open up a can of wupass on the Intel processors. Almost 2x > the performance on our application vs. what the SpecCPU numbers would > suggest. Because Stone Cold Said So! > > -- === The PostgreSQL Company: Command Prompt, Inc. === Sales/Support: +1.503.667.4564 || 24x7/Emergency: +1.800.492.2240 Providing the most comprehensive PostgreSQL solutions since 1997 http://www.commandprompt.com/