Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

[kpf]

wbmw spec scores

not what I expected...

Not sure the comparison you posted allows your conclusion:
The scores are from different plattforms. (Rioworks/Windows Server 2003/Intel/Compaq Compilers and IBM/SuSE SLES/PGI/gcc33 Compilers). Too many different things involved here to figure out what determines Scores to what extent. Interesting enough, 32-bit scores appear to be higher than 64-bit scores, something we have seen in other benchmarks already..

And then, assuming PGI Compilers indeed lower SPEC-scores, why did IBM use it for Spec reports? (Yes I remember it was me who posted about lukewarm commitment.... and on playing games around Opterons).

I admit I seem to miss a lot to understand what this all means in a broader context. Maybe individual CPU-SPEC-scores taken from a server system are pretty meaningless in the broader context of systems, maybe this all is just as misleading as some other benchmarks?

Would be glad if somebody could shed some light on this issue here. (Wonder how much innocence i still have to loose...)

K.