tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8606642645538171433.post2097904813064029967..comments2014-11-05T09:50:52.390+00:00Comments on Customer X Factor: Barcelona just was not up for a fightUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8606642645538171433.post-53281221682136600852008-09-27T22:39:00.000+01:002008-09-27T22:39:00.000+01:00Thanks for the feedbackThanks for the feedbackXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01509982785600737653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8606642645538171433.post-47722392408911356402008-06-16T15:29:00.000+01:002008-06-16T15:29:00.000+01:00There are several issues with your post.The most n...There are several issues with your post.<BR/><BR/>The most notable is that Intel's score has since been withdrawn from the VMware website because "result used a configuration that was not fully disclosed and….thus violates VMmark publication requirements." http://www.vmware.com/products/vmmark/results/withdrawn.html<BR/><BR/>This means that AMD's Barcelona is not just back on top and holding its virtualization performance leadership, its leading the benchmark by ~8% with a 19% lower processor power specification than Intel. <BR/><BR/>Second, if you are going to reference the Intel score as outperforming AMD, don't you think you should make note that the Intel configuration used a much more expensive and power hungry storage configuration? Seems only fair to me...<BR/><BR/>Lastly, VMmark 1.0 does not support features to fully support Rapid Virtualization Indexing. VMmark 1.1 will offer improved underlying technology for RVI at which point you'll see even greater performance benefits.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com