SPECjbb2005 System Comparisons: System i5 515 and 525 Versus Windows Boxes
Vendor IBM IBM   HP HP HP   Dell Dell Dell   IBM IBM IBM
Make System i System i   ProLiant ProLiant ProLiant   PowerEdge PowerEdge PowerEdge   System x System x System x
Model 515 515   ML310 ML310 ML310   840 840 840   206m 206m x3200
Processor Power5+ Power5+   Pentium D 935 Pentium D 935 Xeon 3070   Pentium D 935 Pentium D 935 Xeon 3220   Pentium D 945 Pentium D 945 Xeon 3060
Active Cores 1 2   2 2 2   2 2 4   2 2 2
CPU Speed 1.9 GHz 1.9 GHz   3.2 GHz 3.2 GHz 2.66 GHz   3.2 GHz 3.2 GHz 2.4 GHz   3.4 GHz 3.4 GHz 2.4 GHz
Cache per Core 960 KB 960 KB   2 MB 2 MB 4 MB   2 MB 2 MB 4 MB   2 MB 2 MB 2 MB
SPECjbb2005 BOPS 20,615 32,820   19,485 19,485 51,987   19,485 19,485 112,092   20,703 20,703 47,988
Memory 4 GB 8 GB   4 GB 4 GB 8 GB   4 GB 4 GB 8 GB   4 GB 4 GB 4 GB
Disk+RAID 5 4 x 70 GB 8 x 70 GB   4 x 73 GB 4 x 73 GB 4 x 73 GB   4 x 73 GB 4 x 73 GB 4 x 73 GB   4 x 80 GB 4 x 80 GB 4 x 80 GB
Tape 36 GB 4mm 36 GB 4mm   72 GB DAT 72 GB DAT 72 GB DAT   36 GB DAT 36 GB DAT 36 GB DAT   72 GB DDS 72 GB DDS 72 GB DDS
OS i5/OS V5R4 i5/OS V5R4   Win 2003 SE Win 2003 EE Win 2003 EE   Win 2003 SE Win 2003 EE Win 2003 EE   Win 2003 SE Win 2003 EE Win 2003 EE
DB DB2/400 DB2/400   SQL Server 2005 SE SQL Server 2005 EE SQL Server 2005 EE   SQL Server 2005 SE SQL Server 2005 EE SQL Server 2005 EE   SQL Server 2005 SE SQL Server 2005 EE SQL Server 2005 EE
Users 20 40   20 25 40   20 25 40   20 25 40
System List Price $16,764 $39,062   $10,837 $22,929 $27,495   $9,009 $21,101 $25,896   $12,477 $24,569 $26,729
Cost Per BOPS List $0.81 $1.19   $0.56 $1.18 $0.53   $0.46 $1.08 $0.23   $0.60 $1.19 $0.56
Cost Per User List $838.20 $976.55   $541.85 $917.16 $687.38   $450.45 $844.04 $647.40   $623.85 $982.76 $668.23
     
Vendor IBM IBM IBM   HP HP   Dell Dell Dell Dell   IBM IBM IBM IBM
Make System i System i System i   ProLiant ProLiant   PowerEdge PowerEdge PowerEdge PowerEdge   System x System x System x System x
Model 525 525 525   ML350 G5 ML350 G5   2950 2950 2970 2970   x3650 x3650 x3650 x3650
Processor Power5+ Power5+ Power5+   Xeon 5160 Xeon 5355   Xeon 5110 Xeon 5355 Opteron 2222SE Opteron 2222SE   Xeon 5160 Xeon 5160 Xeon 5355 Xeon 5355
Active Cores 1 2 2   4 8   4 8 4 4   4 4 8 8
CPU Speed 1.9 GHz 1.9 GHz 1.9 GHz   1.6 GHz 2.67 GHz   1.6 GHz 2.67 GHz 3 GHz 3 GHz   3 GHz 3 GHz 2.67 GHz 2.67 GHz
Cache per Core 960 KB 960 KB 960 KB   2 MB 4 MB   2 MB 4 MB 2 MB 2 MB   2 MB 2 MB 4 MB 4 MB
SPECjbb2005 BOPS 20,615 32,820 32,820   102,403 218,756   80,763 199,903 96,817 96,817   114,941 114,941 218,032 218,032
Memory 4 GB 8 GB 16 GB   8 GB 16 GB   8 GB 16 GB 8 GB 16 GB   8 GB 8 GB 16 GB 16 GB
Disk+RAID 5 4 x 70 GB 8 x 70 GB 8 x 70 GB   6 x 73 GB 6 x 73 GB   8 x 73 GB 8 x 73 GB 8 x 73 GB 8 x 73 GB   6 x 73 GB 6 x 73 GB 6 x 73 GB 6 x 73 GB
Tape 36 GB 4mm 36 GB 4mm 36 GB 4mm   36 GB DAT 36 GB DAT   36 GB DAT 36 GB DAT 36 GB DAT 36 GB DAT   72 GB DDS 72 GB DDS 72 GB DDS 72 GB DDS
OS i5/OS V5R4 i5/OS V5R4 i5/OS V5R4   Win 2003 EE Win 2003 EE   Win 2003 EE Win 2003 EE Win 2003 EE Win 2003 EE   Win 2003 EE Win 2003 EE Win 2003 EE Win 2003 EE
DB DB2/400 DB2/400 DB2/400   SQL Server 2005 EE SQL Server 2005 EE   SQL Server 2005 EE SQL Server 2005 EE SQL Server 2005 EE SQL Server 2005 EE   SQL Server 2005 EE SQL Server 2005 EE SQL Server 2005 EE SQL Server 2005 EE
Users 30 40 150   40 150   40 150 40 150   40 150 40 150
System List Price $45,165 $61,780 $93,359   $30,042 $54,948   $29,432 $56,529 $30,312 $53,430   $30,855 $53,053 $35,791 $57,989
Cost Per BOPS List $2.19 $1.88 $2.84   $0.29 $0.25   $0.36 $0.28 $0.31 $0.55   $0.27 $0.46 $0.16 $0.27
Cost Per User List $1,505.50 $1,544.50 $622.39   $751.05 $366.32   $735.80 $376.86 $757.80 $356.20   $771.38 $353.69 $894.78 $386.59


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