In article <1133197000.391261.268420@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups .com>, "Mark
Taylor" <mky@talk21.com> writes:
> Can you explain in a little more detail ...
> p630 4 Way ?

yes

> p520 2 Way ?

yes

but I wanted to test the single CPU performance first,
because I guess this determines how fast a job can be done.
The "way-ness" determines how many of them I can do at the same time.

> Running AIX 5.3 ?

5.2

> smt on/off ?

should it make a difference between P4 and P5 ?
I'm running 5.2 "off-the-shelf" (CD)

> What are the exact models you are using? as the p630 1.2GHz rPerf
> ranges from around 2.5 to 8.0'ish depending on model and the p520
> ranges from approx 3.0 to 9.0 ish

What's the big difference here, if one just compares single CPU performance ?