IBM posts SPEC CPU2006 scores for BladeCenter HS21 dual-core blade
May 13, 2008 ... IBM® BladeCenter® HS21 blade servers, coupled with the BladeCenter chassis,
deliver advanced application serving with performance, power efficiency, and scalability, all of
which makes them ideal for enterprise environments.
The HS21 blade server, using Intel’s latest dual-core technology, has demonstrated competitive
performance on the SPEC CPU2006 benchmark suite.
The scores in the following tables are the first SPEC CPU2006 results published for the HS21
blade model using the Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor L5240 (3.00GHz, 6MB L2 cache,
1333MHz FSB, 40W). (1) These results were achieved using SUSE Linux® Enterprise Server 10
x64.
SPEC CPU2006
Benchmark
HS21 – Dual-Core Intel Xeon Processor L5240
(3.00GHz, 6MB L2 Cache, 1333 MHz FSB, 40W)
SPECint2006
25.2
SPECint_rate2006
76.2
SPECint_rate_base2006
65.0
SPECfp2006
22.8
SPECfp_rate2006
54.1
SPECfp_rate_base2006
48.5
Results are current as of May 13, 2008. The scores have been submitted to SPEC for review and
will be posted on their Web site upon successful completion of the review. View all published
results at www.spec.org.
(1) Planned availability for the HS21 model using the Dual-Core Intel Xeon Processor L5240 is
May 30, 2008.
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