More benchmarking silliness
In one version of this slide, Intel cites two SAP benchmarks in declaring "leadership benchmarks" of it's latest greatest Xeons over AMD. But the footnotes reveal that the SAP performance differences are over AMD's older family of Opterons (the 885). In fact, they're the 2.6Ghz 885's which weren't even the fastest versions of those chips. AMD had a 2.8Ghz version as well.
As if this slide doesn't have enough problems, it too cites the 6 year old SPEC benchmarks for which newer versions have bene issued by their authors.
For David Berlind's write up on Intel's incredibly misleading usage of benchmarks, see his post in ZDNet's TestBed blog.
As if this slide doesn't have enough problems, it too cites the 6 year old SPEC benchmarks for which newer versions have bene issued by their authors.
For David Berlind's write up on Intel's incredibly misleading usage of benchmarks, see his post in ZDNet's TestBed blog.
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There are lies, damned lies, and then sta... (Read the rest) - Posted by: hanoveral@... Posted on: 03/20/07 You are currently: a Guest | Log in | Terms of Use
The irony of Ziff and benchmarking
oldsysprog | 03/17/07
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Indpendent Review?
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Oh Well . . .
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Where's Karl?
Brownshoe Sailor | 03/19/07
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That's marketing . . .
jutley@... | 03/19/07
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Buy a Pet Rock
bcroner | 03/19/07
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Intel is the worst offender...
turbohawk | 03/20/07
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Intel: "We're getting our a$$ kicked"
3Dman | 03/20/07
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Lies?
hanoveral@... | 03/20/07
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