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Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2007 16:54:06 -0800
From: Andrew Sharp <andy.sharp@onstor.com>
To: Joshua Goldenhar <joshua.goldenhar@onstor.com>
Cc: Narayan Venkat <narayan.venkat@onstor.com>, Brian Stark
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Subject: amd v. intel power consumption
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This little test doesn't tell the whole story, but it tells part of
it.  The AMD parts consistently use less power and have a higher
mips/watt ratio.  The special low-power chipsets are misleading -- they
are unusual and harder to find.  Most server motherboards use standard
chipsets.

http://www.techreport.com/articles.x/12872