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| Big Iron Servers Over Time | Server+Database | Perf and $/Perf Change, 2001-2003 | |||||||||
| July 2003 | CPU | OLTP | $/TPM | $/TPM | OLTP | $/TPM | $/TPM | ||||
| Server | Cores | Speed | Type | Perf | TPM/Core | List | Discount | Perf | List | Discount | |
| IBM | |||||||||||
| pSeries 690 | 32 | 1.3 GHz | Power4 | 428,000 | 13,375 | $6.43 | $4.65 | 145% | 31% | 22% | |
| pSeries 690 | 32 | 1.7 GHz | Power4+ | 764,000 | 23,875 | $5.64 | $4.03 | 125% | 13% | 1% | |
| iSeries 890 SE | 32 | 1.3 GHz | Power4 | 360,000 | 11,250 | $9.09 | $6.82 | 87% | -16% | -5% | |
| iSeries 890 EE | 32 | 1.3 GHz | Power4 | 360,000 | 11,250 | $12.17 | $7.91 | 87% | 147% | 147% | |
| zSeries 990 | 32 | 1.2 GHz | G8 | 450,000 | 14,063 | $30.00 | $21.00 | 181% | 10% | 10% | |
| HP | |||||||||||
| Superdome (I) | 16 | 1.5 GHz | Itanium 2 | 225,000 | 14,063 | $10.02 | $6.69 | 15% | -2% | -2% | |
| Superdome (I) | 32 | 1.5 GHz | Itanium 2 | 430,000 | 13,438 | $8.13 | $5.40 | 28% | 43% | 45% | |
| Sun Microsystems | |||||||||||
| Sun Fire 12000 | 36 | 1.2 GHz | UltraSparc-III | 300,000 | 8,333 | $10.05 | $7.28 | 62% | 160% | 144% | |
| Sun Fire 15000 | 72 | 1.2 GHz | UltraSparc-III | 475,000 | 6,597 | $12.49 | $9.05 | 42% | 49% | 38% | |
| Fujitsu-Siemens | |||||||||||
| PrimePower 1500 | 32 | 1.35 GHz | Sparc64 V | 370,000 | 11,563 | $5.89 | $5.21 | 72% | 49% | 55% | |
| PrimePower 2500 | 48 | 1.3 GHz | Sparc64 V | 522,000 | 10,875 | $8.07 | $6.22 | 47% | 54% | 69% | |
| NEC | |||||||||||
| Express5800/1320Xc | 16 | 1.5 GHz | Itanium 2 | 270,000 | 16,875 | $6.31 | $4.93 | ||||
| Express5800/1320Xc | 32 | 1.5 GHz | Itanium 2 | 514,000 | 16,063 | $6.63 | $5.05 | ||||
| Unisys | |||||||||||
| ES7000/Orion 540 | 32 | 2.8 GHz | Xeon MP | 253,000 | 7,906 | $4.49 | $3.71 | 53% | 116% | 128% | |
| AVERAGE | 34 | 1.48 GHz | NA | 408,643 | 12,019 | $9.67 | $7.00 | 72% | 57% | 55% | |