From owner-chemistry@ccl.net Mon Apr 22 12:50:00 2013 From: "Francois Zielinski francois.zielinski_+_manchester.ac.uk" To: CCL Subject: CCL: AMD vs for computing Message-Id: <-48588-130422093754-13724-fpUGS4QmSpjaCMEn/KzFbQ]*[server.ccl.net> X-Original-From: Francois Zielinski Content-Language: en-US Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_000_3068BCD5C0404D4E9C44F64F4000B64224B724MBXP02dsmanacuk_" Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:37:43 +0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Sent to CCL by: Francois Zielinski [francois.zielinski%manchester.ac.uk] --_000_3068BCD5C0404D4E9C44F64F4000B64224B724MBXP02dsmanacuk_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Great tip Alcides ! Thanks, I was not aware of that : do you know what is a= djusted exactly ? Re the AMD 8350 vs Intel 3770, it is expected to see similar passmark score= s, since the 3770 has Hyper-threading (that doubles the number of threads a= physical core can handle). IMHO, AMD cpu can be great choices if the entry price is the issue and not = the electric consumption. That is to say, if you plan to buy a machine for the long term* and have it= fully loaded 24/7, I guess the extra-price of an Intel cpu would be compen= sated by its reduced electric consumption within months/years. Conversely, if you are not entitled directly to the electricity bill of you= r machine ;) , and/or plan to run only occasional jobs on it, AMD is the wa= y to go. * I am not talking about possible cpu upgrades, here AMD would be a good ch= oice. They stayed pretty socket-conservative/compatible. Fran=E7ois ________________________________ > From: owner-chemistry+francois.zielinski=3D=3Dmanchester.ac.uk(_)ccl.net [own= er-chemistry+francois.zielinski=3D=3Dmanchester.ac.uk(_)ccl.net] on behalf of= Alcides Simao alsimao_._gmail.com [owner-chemistry(_)ccl.net] Sent: Monday, April 22, 2013 8:15 AM To: Francois Zielinski Subject: CCL: AMD vs for computing The majority of the tests ignore a little known feature in the AMD 8350 oct= o-core BIOS called HPC which tends to speed the AMD a bit more. I used two = computers with this processor and I find it a winning combination of price = and performance. 2013/4/22 John McKelvey jmmckel:-:gmail.com

> Folks, The AMD 8 proc 8350 and the Intel 3770 4 proc have the about the same para= llel PASSMARK values (Intel less than 10% faster). Thoughts about choosing the AMD over the Intel, ignoring the diifference in= PASSMARK scores? John -- John McKelvey 10819 Middleford Pl Ft Wayne, IN 46818 260-489-2160 jmmckel.:.gmail.com --_000_3068BCD5C0404D4E9C44F64F4000B64224B724MBXP02dsmanacuk_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Great tip Alcides ! Thanks, I was not aware of that : do you know wh= at is adjusted exactly ?

Re the AMD 8350 vs Intel 3770, it is expected to see similar passmark score= s, since the 3770 has Hyper-threading (that doubles the number of threads a= physical core can handle).

IMHO, AMD cpu can be great choices if the entry price is the issue and not = the electric consumption.
That is to say, if you plan to buy a machine for the long term* and have it= fully loaded 24/7, I guess the extra-price of an Intel cpu would be compen= sated by its reduced electric consumption within months/years.
Conversely, if you are not entitled directly to the electricity bill of you= r machine ;) , and/or plan to run only occasional jobs on it, AMD is the wa= y to go.

* I am not talking about possible cpu upgrades, here AMD would be a good ch= oice. They stayed pretty socket-conservative/compatible.

Fran=E7ois

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Sent: Monday, April 22, 2013 8:15 AM
To: Francois Zielinski
Subject: CCL: AMD vs for computing

The majority of the tests ignore a little known feature in= the AMD 8350 octo-core BIOS called HPC which tends to speed the AMD a bit = more. I used two computers with this processor and I find it a winning comb= ination of price and performance.

2013/4/22 John McKelvey jmmckel:-:gmail.com <owner-chemistry(_)ccl.net>

Folks,

The AMD 8 proc 8350 and the Intel 3770 4 proc have the about the same= parallel PASSMARK values (Intel less than 10% faster).

Thoughts about choosing the AMD over the Intel, ignoring the diifference in= PASSMARK scores?

John

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John McKelvey
10819 Middleford Pl
Ft Wayne, IN 46818
260-489-2160
jmmckel.:.gmail.com =

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