Re: [school-discuss] Intel quad core vs AMD 6-core thin client server

["j. Tim Denny" <johndenny@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Daniel

very interesting question as it brings up so many issues.... Â Âyou are asking toÂcompareÂtwo CPUs for the same purpose and then want to know which one is moreÂappropriate..

I was just browsing CPU benchmarks...not knowing which chips you are comparing I can only take a guess...

here is what I see...

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html

AMD Phenom II X6 1075T          BM score Â6185  Âprice  $266

Intel Core2 Quad Q9650 @ 3.00GHzÂÂ BM score Â4,598 Â price Â$330

So if benchmarks mean anything then the AMD listed is 25% faster and 20% cheaper.... Â but what about power draw and any other issues that may come to play....

you then ask how about LTSP performance... Â I wonder... is the OS optimized for multicore usage? Âor does that matter?

But then what about GPU? Â are thin client environments dependent on GPU performance or does that not matter cause each thin client has it own mainboard? ÂÂ

Tim

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On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 10:04 AM, Daniel Howard <dhhoward@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

ÂAnyone have any experience comparing performance of a 6 core AMD CPU-based thin client server to an Intel quad core based server? ÂI'm looking for a new 32-client computer lab server. Â I lean to the quad core since it's at least a generation ahead architecturally, but wonder if 6 cores gives better LTSP performance when students are really just doing OpenOffice and Firefox/Chrome 99.9% of the time. ÂBest, Daniel