[FRIAM] IBM Power 6 performance

[Marcus G. Daniels]

Wow, looks like IBM will be taking names with the Power 6..  Some 
benchmarks:

IBM System p570 1-core (4.7 GHz, 1 chip, 2 cores/chip,1 thread/core) 
SPECint2006 result of 21.6
IBM System p570 1-core (4.7 GHz, 1 chip, 2 cores/chip,1 thread/core) 
SPECfp2006 result of 22.3

vs.

3 Ghz Opteron 2222SE:  SPECint2006:  13.5
SPECfp2006: 14.3

vs.

3 Ghz Dell Xeon 5160, SPECint2006  3 Ghz:  17.5   (like a high end Mac Pro)
SPECfp2006: 15.3