Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 Server

A pair of Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 servers running the Solaris 10 OS, Oracle WebLogic Server 10g and Oracle Database Server 11g on the application and database tiers, respectively, outperformed all other competitive solutions with a single application server on the SPECjAppServer2004 benchmark. The result of 6,334.86 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard achieved a World Record result for all benchmark results using a single application server.

In addition to record setting performance, the SPARC Enterprise T5440 server also delivered record performance per watt and the best performance per rack unit for a single Java application server. The SPARC Enterprise T5440 server, with the massive scalability of Sun's chip multi-threaded (CMT) architecture, raises the bar for other application servers based on Intel Itanium2 and Intel Xeon processors.

This new record breaking score confirms the SPARC Enterprise T5440 server as one of the highest performing and most efficient platform on the planet for deployment of Java application and OLTP database services.

Benchmark Description

SPECjAppServer2004 is a multi-tier benchmark for measuring the performance of Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) technology-based application servers that was developed to aid potential users in understanding the capabilities of different solutions under a heavy load. It measures the volume of transactions a particular system configuration can process while maintaining specified response times for 90 percent of the transactions.

SPECjAppServer2004 is an end-to-end application benchmark which exercises all parts of the underlying infrastructure that make up the application environment, including hardware, JVM software, database software, JDBC drivers, and the system network.

Benchmark Outcome (8)

• The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server at the application tier used Solaris Containers technology to consolidate eight Oracle WebLogic application server instances while the second SPARC Enterprise T5440 server configured with four 1.4GHz UltraSPARC T2 Plus processors running Oracle Database 11g with Solaris 10, supported the database tier of the benchmark. With built-in, open source, no-cost virtualization via Solaris Containers, the SPARC Enterprise T5440 server is an ideal platform for consolidating existing enterprise-class workloads onto a single system. Customers can quickly and easily move their existing physical environments to virtual containers on Solaris 10 and take advantage of the performance, scalability and cost savings of the Sun's SPARC Enterpriseservers.
• The SPARC Enterprise T5440 server, based on the UltraSPARC T2 Plus processor was deployed at both the application and database layers of the benchmark, demonstrating its ability to perform business critical operations and act as a superb Java EE Application server, as well an outstanding Oracle Database 11g OLTP database server.
• During benchmark execution, the 4RU Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server in the application tier consumed an average of 1,578 Watts while the other SPARC Enterprise T5440 server in the database tier consumed 1463 Watts.
• Compared to the result of 4,410.07 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard posted by the HP DL580 G5 server, equipped with four 6-core Intel Xeon processors, the four socket SPARC Enterprise T5440 server demonstrated 44 percent better performance.
• On the application tier, the four socket SPARC Enterprise T5440 delivers 5x greater performance when compared to the result of 1266.42 JOPS@Standard posted by the HP Integrity rx6600, equipped with four dual core Intel Itanium 2 processors and running the HP-UX OS. On the database tier of the same benchmark, the SPARC Enterprise T5440 database server supported the above result in less than ¼ of the physical space compared to the 17RU HP Integrity rx8920 server, that was equipped with 16 dual-core Intel Itanium 2 processors and was running HP-UX OS. Moreover, the Sun server can save over US $3,000 in annual power and HVAC bills versus the HP Integrity rx8920 server.

(8) SPEC, SPECjAppServer reg tm of Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation. Results from www.spec.org as of 02/20/09. Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 (4 chips, 32 cores, 4RU) 6334.86 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard. Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 power consumption taken from measurements made during the benchmark run. HP rx6660 (4 x Dual Core Itanium 2 @ 1.6GHz, 7 RU) 1266.42 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard. HP rx8620 (16 x Dual Core Itanium 2 @ 1.6GHz, 17RU). HP rx8620 power calculated as 80% of maximum theoretical power reported 02/20/09: http://docs.hp.com/en/A7026-96036/apbs02.html. HP rx6660 power calculated as 80% of max imum input power dissipation reported 02/20/09: http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/12596_div/12596_div.HTML#Technical%20Specifications. Estimated Power Usage per Year (based on global average of $0.13/kWhr gathered from the World Energy Organization. HVAC costs calculated as 100% premium over power costs. HP DL580 G5 (4 x Intel Xeon, 24 cores) 4410.07 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard. HP DL580 G5 power calculated as 90% of maximum output power reported 02/20/09: http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/12770_na/12770_na.html#Power%20Specifications

The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server running the Solaris 10 OS and Oracle Database Server 10g delivered the highest four processor result on two-tier SAP® Sales and Distribution (SD) Standard Application Benchmark, an industry standard measure of ERP performance. This breakthrough score outperforms systems based on IBM Power6 and Intel Itanium2 processors and confirms the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server (with 4 processors, 32 cores, 256 threads) is the leading 4 socket server in the SAP SD 2-tier benchmark.

Benchmark Description

The SAP Standard Application SD Sales and Distribution Benchmark is a two-tier ERP business test that represents full business workloads of order processing and invoice processing, while demonstrating the ability to run both the application and database software on a single system. The SAP Standard Application SD Benchmark represents the critical tasks performed in real-world ERP business environments.

SAP is one of the premier worldwide ERP application providers, and maintains a suite of benchmark tests to demonstrate the performance of competitive systems on various SAP products.

Benchmark Outcome (7)

• The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server, equipped with four UltraSPARC T2 Plus CPUs, posted the best four processor result on SAP SD 2-Tier benchmark, supporting 7,520 users. Additionally, Sun's server is the first quad-processor system to exceed 37,000 SAPS, the hardware-independent metric that describes the performance of a system configuration in the SAP environment, all while maintaining the best Rack Unit to Users ratio.
• Additionally, this benchmark proves that the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server, running Oracle Database 10g Server on top of the Solaris 10 OS, the most reliable OS in the industry, is well-suited to act as an enterprise class OLTP database server, providing supreme levels of compute density.
• The result also highlights the vertical consolidation capability of the new server which ran both the SAP application and Oracle Database on the same physical system.
• The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server with four 1.4 GHz UltraSPARC T2 Plus processors shows 1.8x better scalability over a SPARC Enterprise T5240 server with two 1.4 GHz UltraSPARC T2 Plus processors and a 3.45x improvement over a single socket Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120 server equipped with a single 1.4 GHz UltraSPARC T2 processor.
• The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server delivers almost twice the number of users in half the space, when compared to the IBM p570 server, equipped with four dual-core 4.7GHz Power6 processors and running AIX 5.3 OS.
• The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server delivers 7.5x more users per RU when compared to the HP rx6600, equipped with four dual-core Itanium2 processors and running the Windows Server Enterprise Edition 2003 OS.
• The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server delivers 2.4x more users per RU when compared to the IBM p550 server, equipped with four Power6 processors and running AIX 5.3 OS.

(7) SAP and all SAP logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP AG in Germany and in several other countries. Results of two-tier SAP SD Standard Application Benchmarks as of October 10, 2008: SPARC Enterprise Model T5440 (4 processors / 32 cores /256 threads, UltraSPARC T2 Plus, 1.4 GHz) running Solaris 10, Oracle 10g and the SAP ERP application Release 6.0 (2005) - 7,520 SAP SD benchmark users, Cert#2008058. SPARC Enterprise Model T5240 (2 processors / 16 cores / 128 threads, UltraSPARC T2 Plus, 1.4 GHz) running Solaris 10, Oracle 10g and the SAP ERP application Release 6.0 (2005) - 4,170 SAP SD benchmark users, Cert#2008021. Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120 (1x1.4 GHz UltraSPARC T2 processor, 8 cores, 64 threads) running Solaris 10, Oracle 10g and the SAP ERP application Release 6.0 (2005) - 2,175 SAP SD benchmark users, Cert#200705. IBM System p550 (4 x 4.2 GHz POWER6 processors, 8 cores, 16 threads) running DB2, Red Hat EL 5. SAP ECC Release 6.0 - 3,104 SD benchmark users, 15,630 SAPS, 1.91 sec avg response time, Certification number 2008002. IBM System p 570 (4-way, 4 processors, 8 cores, 16 threads) 4 x 4.7 GHz POWER6+, 64GB memory, 4010 SD Benchmark users, 1.96s avg resp time, Cert#2007038, Oracle 10g, AIX 5L Version 5.3. IBM p 570 (8RU in 2 building blocks). HP rx6600 (4 processors, 8 cores, 16 threads) 4 x 1.6 GHz Dual-Core Intel Itanium, 64GB memory, 1725 SAP SD Benchmark users, 1.93 sec avg response time, Cert#2007040, MS SQL Server 2005, MS Windows 2003 EE.

The SPARC Enterprise T5440 server has claimed the world record on the Siebel PSPP benchmark that is designed to stress systems running Siebel CRM software, one of the most widely used CRM applications. The unprecedented result of 14,000 active Siebel benchmark users was set on a single SPARC Enterprise T5440 server with Sun Java System Web server, Siebel CRM Application Servers and Oracle Database software using Solaris Containers.

Benchmark Description

Siebel CRM 8.0 Platform Sizing and Performance Program (PSPP) is a multi-tier benchmark that simulates the real-world requirements of a large organization consisting of thousands of users simultaneously accessing a call center from multiple departments.

Benchmark Outcome

• A single Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server (UltraSPARC T2 Plus processors) set a new world record using Siebel's standard Platform Sizing and Performance Program (PSPP) benchmark suite with Siebel CRM 8.0 Industry Applications and Oracle Database 10g R2 running on Solaris 10 using Solaris Containers.
• The benchmark demonstrates that the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server provides the highest performance and the most cost-effective business solution for Siebel CRM applications. This breakthrough score was achieved via the powerful combination of Oracle's Siebel CRM Release 8.0 industry applications, Oracle Database 10g and Sun Java System Web server running on the industry-leading, free and open Solaris 10 OS.
• The Solaris 10 OS and CMT-based servers prove to be the best combination for scalability and resource utilization in the datacenter, giving users a consistent response time and room for future growth on critical applications.
• The SPARC Enterprise T5440 server proves to be the most energy and space efficient server in the industry consuming only 1,276 watts during the benchmark in only four rack units.
• The benchmark demonstrates that an entire Siebel CRM solution can run on a single Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server and serve 14,000 concurrent users with a rate of 200,137 business transactions per hour.
• The result of 14,000 active Siebel benchmark users was achieved on a single Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server with four UltraSPARC T2 Plus processors that were using Solaris Containers, zero cost virtualization solution available in the Solaris 10 OS.
• The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server is capable of supporting 3,500 concurrent users per RU and provides an ideal platform for customers to consolidate their application, database and Web serving software on a single system using Sun's no-cost virtualization technologies. This approach replaces the traditional need for up to three physical systems to accommodate a multi-tier architecture. In addition to simplifying management, it reduces space and power consumption, thereby providing huge savings on the overall solution.

Pairing the most stable Java implementation on the market with the industry's most efficient multi-socket CMT platform propels the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server to the top spot in 4 processor category in this Java-based Enterprise benchmark. The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server equipped with four 1.4GHz UltraSPARC T2 Plus processors delivered a world record quad CPU result of 692,736 SPECjbb2005 BOPS, surpassing the nearest competing four processor system by 36 percent and beating almost all eight processor systems. These results confirm the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server as one of the highest performing and most efficient platforms on the planet for deployment of secure Java-based Enterprise applications.

Benchmark Description

SPECjbb2005 (Java Business Benchmark) measures the performance of an application server implemented in Java in the middle tier. This 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 (6)

• The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server equipped with four UltraSPARC T2 Plus processors at 1.4GHz delivered a new SPECjbb2005 World Record result for all systems with four processors, achieving unprecedented scores of 692,736 SPECjbb2005 bops and 21,648 SPECjbb2005 bops/JVM in a 4U of rack space.
• The Sun HotSpot JVM running on top of Solaris 10 10/08, the forthcoming update to the Solaris 10 OS, sets a new standard for scalability by leveraging all of 256 threads available in four UltraSPARC T2 Plus processors that power the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server, allowing customers to deploy breakaway services with higher levels of scalability and efficiency than ever before possible.
• Compared to the IBM Power 570 server, equipped with four dual core 4.7GHz Power6 processors and running AIX 5.3, the quad processor Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server delivers more than 72 percent better throughput in half the space, while consuming about 50 percent less power.
• Compared to the new IBM Power 560 Express server, with double the number of CPUs of the SPARC Enterprise T5440 server, (eight dual-core 3.6 Ghz Power6 processors), the four processor Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server delivered 17 percent better performance and 47 percent better power/performance in half; the physical space.
• The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server, running the Solaris 10 OS, demonstrated 4.4x better performance than the HP rx6600 server with four 1.6GHz Intel Itanium2 chips, and delivered 3.5x better power/performance in almost half the space of the HP server.
• Compared to the best published eight CPU result posted by an IBM Power 570 equipped with eight dual core 4.7GHz Power6 processors and running AIX 6.1, the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server with only four CPUs delivers 85 percent of the performance of the larger server in a quarter of the space at only 17 percent of the cost with 5.8x higher performance per watt. This means that a customer can acquire five Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 servers for the price of one IBM Power 570 server.
• To match the performance of six Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 servers on the SPECjbb2005 benchmark, it would take about five IBM Power 570 servers equipped with eight dual core 4.7GHz Power6 processors. Customers that choose Sun's newest servers will save a mind-boggling US$95,500 per year in power and cooling costs alone.

(6) SPEC, SPECjbb reg tm of Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation. Results from www.spec.org as of 10/10/08.
Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 (4 chips, 32 cores) 692,736 SPECjbb2005 bops, 21,648 SPECjbb2005 bops/JVM. Results submitted to SPEC. IBM Power 560 (8 chips, 16 cores) 593,904 SPECjbb2005 bops, 74,238 SPECjbb2005 bops/JVM. Power 560 information is from "Model 8234-EMA server specifications" available at http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/index.wss - search for Power 560. IBM Power 570 (4 chips, 8 cores) 402,642 SPECjbb2005 bops, 100,731 SPECjbb2005 ops/JVM. HP rx6600 (4 x1.6 GHz Intel Itanium2 chips, 8 cores) 158,174 SPECjbb2005 bops, 39,544 SPECjbb2005 bops/JVM. IBM Power 570 (8x4.2GHz Power6 chips, 16 cores, 128 GB RAM) 798,752 SPECjbb2005 bops, SPECjbb2005 bops/JVM = 99,844
IBM Power 570 pricing based on competitive intelligence and from: http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?infotype=AN&subtype=CA&htmlfid=897/ENUS108-722&appname=USN
IBM Power 560 (2 building blocks) power specifications calculated as 80% of maximum input power (2,400W) reported on 10/5/08. IBM Power 570 (2 building blocks) power specifications calculated as 80% of maximum input power reported 10/5/08 in "Facts and Features Report": ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/common/ssi/pm/br/n/psb01628usen/PSB01628USEN.PDF HP rx6660 power calculated as 80% of max input power dissipation reported 10/5/08: http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/12596_div/12596_div.HTML#Technical%20Specifications
Power 560 information is from "Model 8234-EMA server specifications" available at http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/index.wss - search for Power 560. The power ratingfor the Power 560 is 2,400W. Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 power consumption taken from measurements made during the benchmark run.
Estimated HVAC costs calculated as 100% premium over Power Usage per Year (based on global average of $0.13/kWhr gathered from the World Energy Organization.

The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server running the Solaris 10 OS and Oracle Database Server 11g outperformed all other competitive servers on the database tier of SPECjAppServer2004 benchmark, including systems based on the IBM Power5+, Intel Itanium2 and Intel Xeon processors.

The application tier of the benchmark was powered by a Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server running Oracle WebLogic Server 10g on Solaris 10 10/08, the latest version of OS. The result of 5,836.15 JOPS@Standard (Java Operations per Second) achieved on the application tier of the SPECjAppServer2004 benchmark is a new World Record for all benchmark results using a single application server.

These results confirm the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server as the highest performing server on the planet for deployment of secure Application and OLTP database services.

Benchmark Description

The SPECjAppServer2004 is a multi-tier benchmark for measuring the performance of Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) technology-based application servers that was developed to aid potential users in understanding the capabilities of different solutions under a heavy load. It measures the volume of transactions a particular system configuration can process while maintaining specified response times for 90% of the transactions. SPECjAppServer2004 is an end-to-end application that exercises all parts of the underlying infrastructure that make up the application environment, including hardware, JVM software, database software, JDBC drivers, and the system network.

Benchmark Outcome (5)

• The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server with four 1.4GHz UltraSPARC T2 Plus processors running Solaris 10 and the Oracle Database Server 11g was able to support another Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 Server at the Application tier of the benchmark in delivering a new single server World Record score of 5,836.15 JOPS@Standard (Java Operations per Second) on the SPECjAppServer2004 benchmark.
• The new UltraSPARC T2 Plus-based server has been deployed at application and database layers of the benchmark demonstrating the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server's ability to perform business critical operations and act as an outstanding Oracle 11g OLTP database server, as well very capable J2EE Application server.
• During benchmark execution the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server in the database tier consumed only 1550 Watts on average in a 4RU space.
• The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 database server supported the application tier result in ¼ of the physical space compared to competition that used 17RU HP Integrity rx8920 server, equipped with sixteen dual-core Intel Itanium 2 processors and running HP-UX. Additionally, the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 database server could save over US$3,000 in annual power and HVAC bills versus above mentioned HP Integrity rx8920 server.

(5) SPEC, SPECjAppServer reg tm of Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation. Results from www.spec.org as of 10/10/08.
Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 (4 chips, 32 cores, 4RU) 5836.15 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard. Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 power consumption taken from measurements made during the benchmark run.
HP rx6660 (4 x Dual Core Itanium 2 @ 1.6GHz, 7 RU) 1266.42 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard.
HP DL580 G5 (4 x Intel Xeon, 24 cores) 4410.07 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard.
HP rx8620 (16 x Dual Core Itanium 2 @ 1.6GHz, 17RU). HP rx8620 power calculated as 80% of max input power reported 10/5/08: http://docs.hp.com/en/A7026-96036/apbs02.html. Estimated Power Usage per Year (based on global average of $0.13/kWhr gathered from the World Energy Organization. HVAC costs calculated as 100% premium over power costs.

The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server running the Solaris 10 OS and Oracle WebLogic Server raises the bar for other single application server results on the SPECjAppServer2004 benchmark. Benefiting from the scalability of the CMT architecture, the newest SPARC Enterprise server increases the competitive pressure by beating Java application servers based on the latest IBM Power6, Intel Itanium2 and Intel Xeon processors. In addition, the SPARC Enterprise T5440 server delivered record performance per watt and scored best performance per rack unit for a Java application server. On the database tier of the benchmark, another SPARC Enterprise T5440 server, running Oracle Database 11g on Solaris 10, supported this single-node world record SPECjAppServer2004 result.

These results confirm the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server as the highest performing and most efficient platform on the planet for deployment of Java application and OLTP database services.

Benchmark Description

SPECjAppServer2004 is a multi-tier benchmark for measuring the performance of Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) technology-based application servers that was developed to aid potential users in understanding the capabilities of different solutions under a heavy load. It measures the volume of transactions a particular system configuration can process while maintaining specified response times for 90 percent of the transactions.

SPECjAppServer2004 is an end-to-end application benchmark which exercises all parts of the underlying infrastructure that make up the application environment, including hardware, JVM software, database software, JDBC drivers, and the system network.

Benchmark Outcome (4)

• The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server equipped with four 1.4GHz UltraSPARC T2 Plus processors and running the Oracle WebLogic Server with the Solaris 10 OS obtained a new world record score of 5,836.15 JOPS@Standard (Java Operations per Second) for all SPECjAppServer2004 benchmark results with a single physical application server system.
• The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server configured with four 1.4GHz UltraSPARC T2 Plus processors running Oracle Database 11g with Solaris 10 10/08, the forthcoming update to the Solaris 10 OS, supported the database tier of the benchmark.
• The new UltraSPARC T2 Plus-based server has been deployed at the Application and Database layers of the benchmark demonstrating the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server's ability to perform business critical operations and act as a superb Java EE Application server, as well an outstanding Oracle Database 11g OLTP database server.
• With built-in, open source, no-cost virtualization via Solaris Containers, the SPARC Enterprise T5440 server is an ideal platform for consolidating existing enterprise-class workloads onto a single system. Customers can quickly and easily move their existing physical environments to virtual containers on Solaris 10 and take advantage of the performance, scalability and cost savings of the new SPARC Enterprise CMT-based servers. To achieve this ground-breaking benchmark result, Solaris Containers technology was used to consolidate seven Oracle WebLogic Server instances on a single Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server.
• During benchmark execution the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server in the Application tier consumed an average of 1,550 Watts in 4RUs.
• Compared to the result of 4,410.07 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard posted by HP DL580 G5 server, equipped with four 6-core Intel Xeon processors, the four socket Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server demonstrated 32 percent better performance.
• Compared to the result of 3339.94 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard posted by HP DL580 G5 server, equipped with four 4-core Intel Xeon processors, the four socket Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server demonstrated 75 percent better performance.
• Compared to the result of 1266.42 JOPS@Standard posted by HP Integrity rx6600, equipped with four of the latest dual core Intel Itanium2 processors and running HP-UX, the four socket Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 delivers over 4.6x higher performance.

(4) SPEC, SPECjAppServer reg tm of Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation. Results from www.spec.org as of 10/10/08.
Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 (4 chips, 32 cores, 4RU) 5836.15 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard.
Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 power consumption taken from measurements made during the benchmark run.
HP rx6660 (4 x Dual Core Itanium 2 @ 1.6GHz, 7 RU) 1266.42 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard.
HP DL580 G5 (4 x Intel Xeon, 24 cores) 4410.07 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard.
HP DL580 G5 (4 x Intel Xeon, 16 cores) 3330.94 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard.

The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server is the first CMT server to scale to address traditional midrange applications. Four UltraSPARC T2 Plus processors at 1.4GHz combined with the advanced features of Solaris 10 Operating System and Sun Studio 12 software, enabled Sun's new CoolThreads server to deliver unprecedented levels of compute performance with world record-setting four processor integer and floating point throughput scores.

Benchmark Description

The SPEC CPU2006 benchmark provides a broad variety of workloads and better real-world applicability of the results than the previous versions of this benchmark. It consists of two benchmark suites — 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 (3)

• Surpassing competing quad-processor systems from HP and IBM, the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server equipped with four 1.4GHz UltraSPARC T2 Plus processors posted four processor world records on both the integer and floating-point throughput suites of the SPEC CPU2006 benchmark.
• On the integer-intensive throughput tests, the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server delivered 24 percent higher performance than the quad-processor POWER6-based IBM System p 570 server, and up to 2.4x more performance than the HP Integrity rx6600 server with four Itanium2 processors.
• On the floating point-intensive throughput tests, the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server delivered 47 percent higher performance than the quad-processor HP DL 580 G5 server equipped with the latest six-core Intel Xeon CPUs. Sun's server also outran the HP Integrity rx6600 server with four Itanium2 processors by 2.4x.
• In addition, the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server delivered a four-processor world record score of 212 on the SPECfp_rate_base2006 suite of the benchmark. The "base" scores are produced using less optimized benchmark binaries compiled under stricter guidelines. Although "base" scores may not reflect the ultimate performance of the system, some end users, who may prefer to spend less time tuning their compiler optimizations, may find them more relevant.
• The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server, powered by four UltraSPARC T2 Plus processors, delivers 1.9x of the integer and the floating point throughput performance of the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5240 server, the dual-socket system powered by the same CMT processors. The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server demonstrates that an elegant CMT design can scale well for SMP applications and provides unprecedented computing capacity for this segment of the market.
• These results demonstrate that the UltraSPARC T2 Plus chip — the third generation of CMT processors — continues to show its ability to scale and process highly compute-intensive workloads.

(3) SPEC, SPECint, SPCfp and SPEComp reg tm of Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation. Results from www.spec.org as of 10/10/08. Sun results submitted to SPEC for review.
Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 (4 x UltraSPARC-T2+ chips, 32 cores, 256 threads) SPECint_rate2006 - 301, SPECfp_rate2006 - 230, SPECompL_base2001 - 208,492.IBM POWER6: IBM p 570 = 4 x Dual Core POWER6 processors @ 4.7GHz / 32BM L3 cache per processor, 32GB, AIX 5.3. SPECint_rate2006 - 243, SPECfp_rate2006 - 216. Intel Xeon: IBM System x3850 M2, 4x Xeon X7460, 24 core, 64 GB memory, SLES 10. SPECint_rate2006 - 294, SPECfp_rate2006 - 156. AMD Opteron: HP DL 585 G5, 4 x Opteron 8360SE, 16 cores, 64GB, SLES 10. SPECint_rate2006 - 199, SPECfp_rate2006 - 170. Intel Itanium: HP Integrity rx6600, 4x Itanium2 1.6GHz, 24 GB memory, HPUX11i. SPECint_rate2006 - 102, SPECfp_rate2006 - 71.4.

The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server, equipped with four UltraSPARC T2 Plus processors, running the Solaris 10 OS and Sun Studio 12 software delivered a new world record for systems with four or fewer chips with a SPECompL2001 result of 235,655.

Benchmark Description

SPEC OMP2001 is a benchmark that is used to compare the performance of shared memory servers executing compute-intensive scientific applications. It represents a collection of applications that are used in high-energy physics, weather modeling, computational chemistry, mechanical design and several other areas, and consists of medium and large problem sets. All C/C++ and FORTRAN applications in this suite use the OpenMP programming model which provides a portable, scalable model for developing parallel applications for platforms ranging from the desktop to the supercomputer. The OpenMP Application Program Interface (API) supports multi-platform shared-memory parallel programming in C/C++ and FORTRAN on all architectures.

Benchmark Outcome (2)

• The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server, equipped with four 1.4GHz UltraSPARC T2 Plus processor delivered a 32 cores/4 chips/255 threads world record SPECompL2001 result of 235,655 for systems with four or fewer processors.
• The Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server, equipped with four 1.4GHz UltraSPARC T2 Plus processor also delivered the best 32 cores/4 chips/255 threads SPECompL_base2001 result of 208,492 for systems with four or fewer processors. The "base" scores are produced using less optimized benchmark binaries compiled under stricter guidelines. Although "base" scores may not reflect the ultimate performance of the system, some end users, who may prefer to spend less time tuning their compiler optimizations, may find them more relevant.
• Compared to other commodity systems built with x86 processors and using 'base' metrics to reflect out-of-the-box type of deployments, the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 system equipped with 1.4GHz UltraSPARC T2 Plus processors delivered more than 1.4x the performance of a four socket 2.5GHz AMD Opteron 8360SE-based system that posted a SPECompL_base2001 score of 146,796. Additionally, Sun's server delivered more than 2.5x the performance of a four socket 2.93GHz Intel Xeon X7350-based system that posted a SPECompL_base2001 score of 82,487.

(2) SPEC and SPEComp reg tm of Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation. Results from www.spec.org as of 10/10/08. Sun results submitted to SPEC for review.
Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 (4 x UltraSPARC-T2+ chips, 32 cores, 256 threads) SPECompL_base2001 - 208,492. Supermicro X7QC3 (4 x Intel Xeon X7350, 16 cores, 16 threads): SPECompL_base2001 - 82,487. Tyan Thunder n425QE (S4985E) (4xQuad-Core AMD Opteron processor 8360 SE, 16 cores, 16 threads): SPECompL_base2001 - 146,796