Clovertown tested by kaz-n

[sierra_bound]

kaz-n in Japan tested dual Clovertowns (2 X quad-core) on a Supermicro board. The results at only 2.4GHz speak for themselves. CPU-Z reads the processors as Woodcrest. But Sandra correctly shows there are four cores per CPU.

[milkcafe]

Here are some Xeon based system resluts


【CPU】 XEON 5160 (Woodcrest 3.0GHz)
【MEM 】 ATP DDR2-667 FB-DIMM 512MB*4
【M/B】 SuperMicro X7-DA8
【VGA】 Leadtek WinFast PX7900 GTX TDH 512MB
【driver】 ForceWare 83.91
【DirectX】 9.0c
【OS】 WindowsXP Pro SP2
【power】 Zippy-600GE typeR

3Dmark06
【Score】 6784

【SM2.0】 2595
【HDR/SM3.0】 2485
【CPU】 4432


【CPU】 XEON 7140M @stock (Tulsa 3.40GHz 16MB L3cache )
【MEM 】 Kingston DDR2-800 4*1GB
【M/B】 SuperMicro X7-DA8
【VGA】 XFX GF7800GTX512 SLI @ 690/1800
【driver】 ForceWare 91.37
【OS】 WindowsXP Pro SP1
【power】 Enermax Galaxy 1000 Watt PSU

3Dmark06
【Score】 11845

【SM2.0】 4985
【HDR/SM3.0】 4952
【CPU】 5328

【CPU】 XEON 7140M @ 4338MHz
【MEM 】 Kingston DDR2-800 4*1GB
【M/B】 SuperMicro X7-DA8
【VGA】 XFX GF7800GTX512 SLI @ 780/1968
【driver】 ForceWare 91.37
【OS】 WindowsXP Pro SP1
【power】 Enermax Galaxy 1000 Watt PSU

3Dmark06
【Score】 13452

【SM2.0】 5781
【HDR/SM3.0】5697
【CPU】 6632

[Pinnacle]

That looks sexy

[railer]

Amazing. This time hardware is much ahead of the software. There is still liltle soft that uses dual core. But im sure programs like rosetta and folding can realy take advantage of this. But games. hehe i wish..........

[Mr. Popo]

Now that's hot.

[kiwi]

New games already have SMP support It would be stupid not to include it now

[nn_step]

Now that's hot.

Literally

[onewingedangel]

wonder if these would work plugged into a mac pro?

[Starscream]

NOT.

Funny, this looks a LOT like what AMDs 4 x 4 should look like.

Guess Intel beat them to the punch. He he.

apart form this needing ECC ram and 4x4 wont.
There are alot of companies that would want AMDs 4x4 or a Intel quad core but dont really need the ECC ram.

[vudoodoodoo]

Now that's hot.

[agenda2005]

Here are some Xeon based system resluts


【CPU】 XEON 5160 (Woodcrest 3.0GHz)
【MEM 】 ATP DDR2-667 FB-DIMM 512MB*4
【M/B】 SuperMicro X7-DA8
【VGA】 Leadtek WinFast PX7900 GTX TDH 512MB
【driver】 ForceWare 83.91
【DirectX】 9.0c
【OS】 WindowsXP Pro SP2
【power】 Zippy-600GE typeR

3Dmark06
【Score】 6784

【SM2.0】 2595
【HDR/SM3.0】 2485
【CPU】 4432


【CPU】 XEON 7140M @stock (Tulsa 3.40GHz 16MB L3cache )
【MEM 】 Kingston DDR2-800 4*1GB
【M/B】 SuperMicro X7-DA8
【VGA】 XFX GF7800GTX512 SLI @ 690/1800
【driver】 ForceWare 91.37
【OS】 WindowsXP Pro SP1
【power】 Enermax Galaxy 1000 Watt PSU

3Dmark06
【Score】 11845

【SM2.0】 4985
【HDR/SM3.0】 4952
【CPU】 5328

【CPU】 XEON 7140M @ 4338MHz
【MEM 】 Kingston DDR2-800 4*1GB
【M/B】 SuperMicro X7-DA8
【VGA】 XFX GF7800GTX512 SLI @ 780/1968
【driver】 ForceWare 91.37
【OS】 WindowsXP Pro SP1
【power】 Enermax Galaxy 1000 Watt PSU

3Dmark06
【Score】 13452

【SM2.0】 5781
【HDR/SM3.0】5697
【CPU】 6632

Tulsa (Opteron Killer as it's called) with its humongous cache system is the last Intel attempt to show the strength of Netbust. Don't F**k with a giant.

These bad boys are stingy! They start from a 4 -way system with a total of 16x4 = 64MB L3 total cache.

One can not but marvel at the pace of technological development in microprocessor these days. It remind me of the first IBM PC that was equipped with a slow 64MB of system RAM. We are now having CPU's ammassing such amount of memory as fast cache! Things are going to get really interesting in the coming years.

[CBONE]

Jeebus. Tulsa looks pretty strong. Look at that overclock! 3.4 to 4338!

[Deathspawner]

Umm... wow. Those are some insane scores. What's up with the voltage read-out on CPU-z though? Is it just buggy due to it not being updated, or does it add the voltages for both sockets together or something?

Still, for stock that is insane. Those Sandra scores are droolworthy.

[CBONE]

Xeons FTW! Intel is getting a lot better with future compatibility. At least FOUR Xeon processor lines that can use the same board? That's crazy.

[[XC] hipno650]

if they made a board that was made for gamers that supported quad quad cores with quad pcie slots for octo sli 7950s and 16gb of ram with scisi supprt

ncie scores

[Qkjhfhaiguihfma]

i would like to make sure i have this right....

conroe dual core -> kentsfield quadcore
woodcrest dual core -> clovertown quadcore

is that right?

[DilTech]

i would like to make sure i have this right....

conroe dual core -> kentsfield quadcore
woodcrest dual core -> clovertown quadcore

is that right?

Yes, that's correct.

[[cTx]Philosophy]

Man o Man I hope quadfather is really as good as im hoping, or some of AMD's high ranking officials are going to be applying for jobs as janitors at intels camp :P

CMon Quadfather be the Don!

[onewingedangel]

Right on. And yorkfield is the 8-core successor to kentsfield. And tigerton is the 8-core successor to cloverton (-ton, not -town, FYI).

in addition to more cores, these will also be process and cache upgrades.

[DilTech]

NOT.

Funny, this looks a LOT like what AMDs 4 x 4 should look like.

Guess Intel beat them to the punch. He he.

Not even close...

This, is a server. It uses only server chips(cloverton is a server chip, just like woodcrest), which carry a massive price premium over standard chips. It also has to use registered ECC ram, something 4x4 won't be limited to.

If you want to say this beat 4x4 to the punch, then technically the "4x4" dual socket system was done first quite some time ago, no?

Also, to the mention of Tulsa...
http://www.hkepc.com/bbs/news.php?ti...hardware.co.uk
That's almost a 1.328 BILLION transistor chip. TDP of 150W average(I don't even want to know the maximum) on 65nm...That's with only 1.25V. That chip could boil water if you fed it ANY more voltage than stock.

Why Intel is releasing this chip is beyond me, it's basically a Presler EE with 16mb of shared L3 cache. Only nice thing is that the two cores talk via the L3 cache instead of the FSB.

Either way, I would LOVE to see the stock cooler for that chip.

[onewingedangel]

Woodcrest are priced equivilent to or even cheaper than the corresponding conroe model - its only motherboard and ram costs that make woodcrest systems more expensive than conroe.

Motherboard cost will be higher for 4x4 also, so its only the use of FB-DIMM that differentiates the two approaches.

[aMp]

Man o Man I hope quadfather is really as good as im hoping, or some of AMD's high ranking officials are going to be applying for jobs as janitors at intels camp :P

CMon Quadfather be the Don!

I hope so too, but please, for the love of all that's holy, stop calling it "quadfather." I don't know what AMD was thinking with that crap. I'm taking it as a personal mission to make sure that term never catches on.

[sierra_bound]

Guys, please don't turn this into another AMD vs. Intel thread. It's getting really tiring. The usual suspects always show up. I posted kaz-n's results, so people can see what's coming. Peace.

[DilTech]

Well, that's a first...Generally server chips have always costed a price premium over desktop chips... Good job on that one intel.

There's still the issue for intel that their server boards have no overclocking features.... None.

[grimREEFER]

i want one(or should i say 2?) pretty badly lol