Cavium ThunderX (ARM server chip) article on Anandtech

[Ericloewe]

http://www.anandtech.com/show/10353/investigating-cavium-thunderx-48-arm-cores

Anandtech has an article comparing the Cavium ThunderX ARM processor with a number of established Intel Xeons: Several Xeon-D models, a Xeon E5 v3 and a Xeon E5 v4

Quick summary:

• 1/3 of Xeon-D's singlethreaded integer performance
• TDP comparable to average Xeon E5 parts
• Memory bandwidth comparable to Xeon E5, as expected
• Performance varies from being competitive to Xeon-D to being faster than Xeon E5, depending on the benchmark
• Atrocious idle power
• Power consumption when loaded is very unspectacular

 

[Jailer]

Thanks, saved me the trouble of reading it. :)

 

[maglin]

Didn't read it but from the summery just get a Xeon D or E5? And stop thinking of ARM.


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[jgreco]

http://www.anandtech.com/show/10353/investigating-cavium-thunderx-48-arm-cores

Anandtech has an article comparing the Cavium ThunderX ARM processor with a number of established Intel Xeons: Several Xeon-D models, a Xeon E5 v3 and a Xeon E5 v4

Quick summary:

• 1/3 of Xeon-D's singlethreaded integer performance
• TDP comparable to average Xeon E5 parts
• Memory bandwidth comparable to Xeon E5, as expected
• Performance varies from being competitive to Xeon-D to being faster than Xeon E5, depending on the benchmark
• Atrocious idle power
• Power consumption when loaded is very unspectacular

You big jerk. You totally ruined the pleasure of reading it and getting to the "meh.". Tag it spoiler alert next time!

 

[Ericloewe]

You big jerk. You totally ruined the pleasure of reading it and getting to the "meh.". Tag it spoiler alert next time!

It's like a Cardassian detective novel. You know exactly what happens at the end (everybody is guilty, or, in this case, this is not going to seriously compete with Xeon), but the fun part is figuring out how and why.

 

[jgreco]

It's like a Cardassian detective novel. You know exactly what happens at the end (everybody is guilty, or, in this case, this is not going to seriously compete with Xeon), but the fun part is figuring out how and why.

And you ruuuiiiiiiiinnnned it.

They make Cardassian detective novels?

 

[Ericloewe]

And you ruuuiiiiiiiinnnned it.

They make Cardassian detective novels? :)

Apparently.

 

[anodos]

Apparently.

Thanks for sharing. Never really been a big star wars fan.

 

[jgreco]

Apparently.

You learn something new, every day.

Thanks for sharing. Never really been a big star wars fan.

Sometimes two or three things.

 

[Al Slitter]

Here is the latest design and production information, a very interesting product.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ei9uVskwPNE