Sun Blade T6320 Server Module

The Sun Blade T6320 server module running OpenSolaris 2009.06 and the latest version of Sun's Java™ Platform Standard Edition (Java SE) software (version 1.6.0_14 Performance Release) delivered the highest ever single-chip server result on the industry standard measure of JVM performance.

This result confirms the Sun Blade T6320 server module as one of the highest performing and most efficient platform on the planet for deployment of secure Java-based B2B Enterprise applications.

Benchmark Description

SPECjbb2005 (Java Business Benchmark) measures the performance of a Java implemented application tier (server-side Java). The benchmark is based on the order processing of a wholesale supplier application. The metrics given are number of SPECjbb2005 bops (Business Operations per Second) and SPECjbb2005 bops/JVM (bops per JVM instance).

Benchmark Outcome [1]

• The Sun Blade T6320 server module equipped with one 1.6GHz UltraSPARC T2 processor obtained a single chip world record result of 229,576 Business Operations per Second.
• This record-breaking result represents a real-world server-side Java application deployment scenario and demonstrates the optimized performance of Sun's software offerings. With a 20 percent performance boost over the previous 1.4GHz single chip result, Sun Blade T6320 server module demonstrate outstanding scalability while allowing customers to easily expand their blades infrastructure via a simple in-chassis upgrade.
• Compared to IBM System p 570, equipped with 4.7GHz POWER6 processor and running AIX 5L v5.3 OS, the single processor Blade T6320 server module delivers 2.6x better performance.
• Compared to IBM System x3200 M2, equipped with 3.16 GHz Intel Xeon X3380 processor and running Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition x64 OS, the single processor Blade T6320 server module 7 percent better performance.
• Leveraging the latest releases of OpenSolaris 2009.06 OS and Sun HotSpot JVM software allows Sun Blade T6320 server module to sets a new standard for scalability by fully leveraging all 64 hardware threads available in UltraSPARC T2 processor.

• Press Release

The Sun Blade 6000 chassis, outfitted with ten Sun Blade T6320 server modules, achieves unprecedented levels of performance by delivering the required computing capacity in an innovative way. By combining the integrated design advantages of the modular blade architecture with advanced features of Solaris 10 Operating System and Sun Studio 12 software, Sun's modular system claims the top spot among all blades on Integer and Floating Point throughput suites of SPEC CPU2006 benchmark.

The Sun Blade 6000 modular blade system with ten CoolThreads server modules, powered by UltraSPARC T2 processor at 1.4GHz, produce record-setting SPECint_rate2006 score of 838 and SPECfp_rate2006 result of 571.

Benchmark Description

The SPEC CPU2006 benchmark provides a broader variety of workloads and better real-world applicability of the results. It consists of two benchmark suites in which one suite measures and compares compute-intensive integer performance and the other measures and compares floating point performance. The benchmark exercises a computer's processor, memory architecture, and compilers on a variety of compute intensive workloads, including protein sequencing, MPEG-4 decoding, XML processing, fluid dynamics, structural mechanics, and speech recognition.

Benchmark Outcome

• Surpassing the competing dual processor systems from HP and IBM, the Sun Blade 6000 modular system with ten Sun Blade T6320 server modules each equipped with 1.4GHz UltraSPARC T2 processor posted World Records for all blade systems on both integer and floating-point throughput suites of the SPEC CPU2006 benchmark.
• The Sun Blade 6000 modular system fully populated with ten Sun Blade T6320 server modules delivered SPECint_rate_base2006 score of 752.
• The Sun Blade 6000 modular system powered by 10 Sun UltraSPARC T2 1.4 GHz processors provides 73% more integer throughput than the IBM p 570 equipped with 8 POWER6 4.7 GHz processors, as measured by SPECint_rate2006.
• The Sun Blade 6000 modular system powered by 10 Sun UltraSPARC T2 1.4 GHz processors provides 79% more integer throughput than the IBM p 570 equipped with 8 POWER6 4.7 GHz processors, as measured by SPECint_rate_base2006.
• The Sun Blade 6000 modular system fully populated with 10 Sun Blade T6320 server modules delivered a blade system world record SPECfp_rate2006 score of 571.
• In addition, the Sun Blade 6000 modular system fully populated with ten Sun Blade T6320 server modules delivered blade system World Record scores of 752 on SPECint_rate_base2006 suite and 571 on SPECfp_rate_base2006 suite of the benchmark. The base scores are produced using less optimized benchmark binaries that were compiled under stricter guidelines. Although "base" scores may not reflect the the ultimate performance of the system, some end users, who may prefer to spend less time tuning their compiler optimizations, may find them more appealing.
• The Sun Blade 6000 modular system powered by 10 Sun UltraSPARC T2 1.4 GHz processors provides 55% more floating-point throughput than the IBM p 570 equipped with 8 POWER6 4.7 GHz processors, as measured by SPECfp_rate_base2006.
• Sun is the only vendor to demonstrate the true capabilities of a fully populated modular blade chassis with an industry-standard benchmark such as SPEC CPU2006.
• The Sun Blade 6000 modular system with ten Sun Blade T6320 server modules demonstrates that innovative CMT processors can scale horizontally while providing unprecedented SMP-like computing capacity previously unavailable in this segment of the market.

• Integer Benchmark Results

• Floating Point Benchmark Results

The Sun Blade T6320 server module, based on the innovative UltraSPARC T2 processor, achieved the highest ever single-chip integer throughput result on the SPEC CPU2006 benchmark. This new record-breaking result outperforms, on a per-processor basis, IBM systems with the fastest 4.7GHz POWER6 CPU by over 40% and beats the best published result for Intel Xeon-based systems by 17%.

Benchmark Description

SPEC CPU2006 is a CPU-intensive benchmark suite, stressing a system's processor, memory subsystem and compiler. SPEC designed CPU2006 to provide a comparative measure of compute-intensive performance across the widest practical range of hardware.

The gccfs compiler combines the power of Sun's optimization tools, developed for SPARC architectures, with the simplicity of the popular gcc coding conventions and delivers the performance levels that were not previously possible without extensive and time-consuming code changes.

Benchmark Outcome [1]

• The Sun Blade T6320 server module, equipped with the 1.4GHz UltraSPARC T2 processor, achieved single-chip world record integer throughput performance on the SPEC CPU2006 benchmark.
• On a per-processor basis using integer-intensive tests, the Sun Blade T6320 server module delivered 40% higher performance than the 4.7GHz dual core POWER6-based IBM System p570 server and 17% more performance than the 3.16 GHz quad-core Intel Xeon-based HP Proliant DL360 G5 server.
• These results demonstrate that the UltraSPARC T2 processor provides more integer computing capacity than any other chip on the market.
• The Operating System (OS) and compiler software often help to deliver the best performance by providing optimizations tailored to a specific hardware platform or microprocessor architecture. The advanced optimization techniques used in freely available Sun Studio 12 compiler software in combination with the popular gcc coding conventions, allowed the Sun Blade T6320 server module to successfully claim the top spot on the industry-standard SPECint_rate2006 benchmark suite.

• Benchmark Results

The Sun Blade T6320 server module that is based on the innovative UltraSPARC T2 chip, packing 8 cores and 64 threads, is the fastest single socket blade system on the market with SPEC CPU2006 integer and floating point throughput performance results of 78.6 and 62.3 respectively. The SPEC CPU2006 Benchmark exercises a computer's processor, memory architecture, and compilers on a variety of real-world compute intensive workloads and consists of two benchmark suites. One suite measures and compares compute-intensive integer performance and the other measures and compares floating point performance. Operating system (OS) and compiler software often help to deliver the best performance by providing optimizations tailored to a specific hardware platform or microprocessor architecture.

The advanced features of freely available Sun Studio 12 compiler software, combined with throughput-oriented design of the UltraSPARC T2 processor and backed by unparalleled stability inherent in the Solaris 10 OS, allowed the Sun Blade T6320 server module to successfully outperform many competing dual and quad-socket systems based on Itanium 2, POWER6 and fastest Xeon processors, clearly demonstrating that the UltraSPARC T2 processor provides more computing capacity than any other chip on the market.

• Press Release

• Benchmark Results