SPECjbb2005 System Comparisons: System i5 515 and 525 Versus Unix Boxes
Vendor IBM IBM   IBM IBM   Sun Sun   HP
Make System i System i   System p System p   T T  
Model 515 515   520 520   2000 2000   In the doghouse
Processor Power5+ Power5+   Power5+ Power5+   Sparc T1 Sparc T1   for not publishing
Active Cores 1 2   1 2   4 4   prices for the
CPU Speed 1.9 GHz 1.9 GHz   2.1 GHz 2.1 GHz   1 GHz 1 GHz   Integrity line
Cache per Core 960 KB 960 KB   960 KB 960 KB   3 MB 3 MB  
SPECjbb2005 BOPS 20,615 32,820   22,785 36,275   25,770 25,770  
Memory 4 GB 8 GB   4 GB 4 GB   8 GB 8 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  
Tape 36 GB 4mm 36 GB 4mm   36 GB 4mm 36 GB 4mm   DAT 72 GB DAT 72 GB  
OS i5/OS V5R4 i5/OS V5R4   AIX 5.4 AIX 5.4   Solaris 10 Solaris 10  
DB DB2/400 DB2/400   Oracle 10g SEO Oracle 10g SEO   Oracle 10g SEO Oracle 10g SEO  
Users 20 40   20 40   20 40  
System List Price $16,764 $39,062   $18,926 $31,273   $17,600 $23,600  
Cost Per BOPS List $0.81 $1.19   $0.83 $0.86   $0.68 $0.92  
Cost Per User List $838.20 $976.55   $946.29 $781.82   $880.00 $590.00  
     
Vendor IBM IBM IBM   IBM IBM IBM   Sun Sun Sun Sun Sun Sun   HP
Make System i System i System i   System p System p System p   T T T X X X  
Model 525 525 525   520 520 520   2000 2000 2000 4200 4200 4200   In the doghouse
Processor Power5+ Power5+ Power5+   Power5+ Power5+ Power5+   Sparc T1 Sparc T1 Sparc T1 Opteron 256 Opteron 256 Opteron 256   for not publishing
Active Cores 1 2 2   1 2 2   8 8 8 2 2 2   prices for the
CPU Speed 1.9 GHz 1.9 GHz 1.9 GHz   2.1 GHz 2.1 GHz 2.1 GHz   1.2 GHz 1.2 GHz 1.4 GHz 3 GHz 3 GHz 3 GHz   Integrity line
Cache per Core 960 KB 960 KB 960 KB   960 KB 960 KB 960 KB   3 MB 3 MB 3 MB 1 MB 1 MB 1 MB  
SPECjbb2005 BOPS 20,615 32,820 32,820   22,785 36,275 36,275   74,365 74,365 86,759 32,018 32,018 32,018  
Memory 4 GB 8 GB 16 GB   4 GB 8 GB 16 GB   32 GB 32 GB 64 GB 8 GB 16 GB 16 GB  
Disk+RAID 5 4 x 70 GB 8 x 70 GB 8 x 70 GB   4 x 73 GB 8 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  
Tape 36 GB 4mm 36 GB 4mm 36 GB 4mm   36 GB 4mm 36 GB 4mm 36 GB 4mm   DAT 72 GB DAT 72 GB DAT 72 GB DAT 72 GB DAT 72 GB DAT 72 GB  
OS i5/OS V5R4 i5/OS V5R4 i5/OS V5R4   AIX 5.4 AIX 5.4 AIX 5.4   Solaris 10 Solaris 10 Solaris 10 Solaris 10 Solaris 10 Solaris 10  
DB DB2/400 DB2/400 DB2/400   Oracle 10g SEO Oracle 10g SEO Oracle 10g SEO   Oracle 10g SEO Oracle 10g SEO Oracle 10g SEO Oracle 10g SEO Oracle 10g SEO Oracle 10g SEO  
Users 30 40 150   30 40 150   30 40 150 30 40 150  
System List Price $45,165 $61,780 $93,359   $21,926 $39,532 $84,907   $43,000 $46,000 $131,600 $15,825 $21,005 $54,005  
Cost Per BOPS List $2.19 $1.88 $2.84   $0.96 $1.09 $2.34   $0.58 $0.62 $1.52 $0.49 $0.66 $1.69  
Cost Per User List $1,505.50 $1,544.50 $622.39   $730.86 $988.31 $566.05   $1,433.33 $1,150.00 $877.33 $527.50 $525.13 $360.03  


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