Quote Originally Posted by BeardyMan View Post
Opteron 2350 2.0Ghz vs Xeon L5335 2.0Ghz

1)Sandra Cache and memory bandwith
2)Cpuz memory access latency
These are characteristics of the platform, not benchmarks of performance.

6)POV ray rendering
*77 vs 80
lower is better
Opteron 2350 2.0Ghz
There are two POV tests. The L5335 is faster in the second. I'd call this a draw.

8)Folding @ home
* 4 wins vs 2
Opteron 2350 2.0Ghz
There are only 4 tests, with L5335 winning in the most important gromacs cores. Considering Tinkers and Amber units are hardly processed anymore the averaging score is suspect and it's a draw at best for the Opteron.

12)Sisoft sandra
*296230 VS 335126
higher is better
Xeon L5335 2.0Ghz
I wouldn't even bother with synthetic tests like these.

13)power consumption
* 2 wins vs 0
Opteron 2350 2.0Ghz
Not a test of speed.

By my count, the Opteron 2350 wins 2 tests, the Xeon L5335 wins 6 and there's a draw in 2 with the Sisoft test excluded.