AMD Opteron 6174 2.2GHz TDP 80W or 115W?

[thebluebumblebee]

Now I have a next question, it's about crunch.

what would be better option, this cpu with 12 cores or a xeon with 6 cores 12 threads?

I wouldn't be surprised if they come out about the same, with a slight edge to the Xeon, PPD wise. You could go to boincstats and search by system, but that could take a long time. They're both going to get the same run time per day. The 6174 is most likely about 40% slower clock/clock, but it has 100% more actual cores.

The Xeon will beat it. Benchmark wise my pair of 12 core bulldozer based chips hold about even with my single 5820k.

A 6174 is Magny-Cours. 12 real cores.

 

[cdawall]

A 6174 is Magny-Cours. 12 real cores.

I had 24 cores 12 modules barely competitive with 6 cores and 12 threads. I saw that his was a thuban part hence why I said mine were bulldozer.

 

[FireFox]

A 6174 is Magny-Cours. 12 real cores.

I guess I should give a try, I can get it for 25€

 

[Recon-UK]

Opteron always sounds cooler than XEON though

 

[thebluebumblebee]

I guess I should give a try, I can get it for 25€

Just the CPU?

 

[cdawall]

For perspective how the xeons compare to the opterons this is 24 "cores" so all of the xeons would be 48 threads total. The Opty 6180SE's would be the top performers of the magnycores

 

[FireFox]

Just the CPU?

yes just CPU

Opteron always sounds cooler than XEON though

Don't dare to say that once againg

 

[Nokiron]

Crunching.

What does "crunching" refer to? What kind of workloads are we talking about?

 

[thebluebumblebee]

What does "crunching" refer to? What kind of workloads are we talking about?

Distributed Computing - BOINC - and specifically WCG here on TPU: https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/forums/world-community-grid-wcg.68/
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