Anandtech: AMD's 12-core "Magny-Cours" Opteron 6174 vs. Intel's 6-core Xeon

**FEED** · 03-29-10, 12:18 AM

AMD's 12-core "Magny-Cours" Opteron 6174 vs. Intel's 6-core Xeon

Chosing the right Server CPUs for your application matters more now than ever! A twelve-core Opteron or a six-core Xeon? Find out which one is the best for your applications....

http://it.anandtech.com/IT/showdoc.aspx?i=3784

**...bigdog...** · 03-29-10, 11:51 AM

12? really?

Is this like the Platinum Mach 14 razor?

**Ruukil** · 03-29-10, 11:57 AM

Originally Posted by ...bigdog...

12? really?

Is this like the Platinum Mach 14 razor?

If we give it more cores than it'll be better, right? Right? RIGHT?

**Whiskey_dod** · 03-29-10, 12:03 PM

Originally Posted by ...bigdog...

12? really?

Is this like the Platinum Mach 14 razor?

Lol... Just wait till they put 9000 cores in a server (not a blade server... that's cheating...) :6

**Kanati** · 03-29-10, 01:02 PM

I'm still predicting the day that 1000 cores isn't far off... Just as soon as GPGPU catches on. Soon your computer will be run not by Intel or AMD but by NVidia or ATI.

**Gumby** · 03-30-10, 05:53 PM

The last line of the review:

All in all, this is good news for the IT professional that is a hardware enthusiast. Profiling your application and matching it to the right server CPU pays off and that is exactly what set us apart from the average IT professional.

is why this thing is great. More competition means more choices. And that means more time in my lab running benchmarks