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Originally Posted by Sight Unseen
Maybe I can personally clarify the performance/Watt problem. I have a server that uses about 200W from the outlet and a desktop that uses about 550W. Both, in fact, have *extremely* similar architectures (Athlon II X2 vs Phenom II X6, same ram, same brand am3 mobos).
The desktop gets on average 25.2GFlops using 400W. (CPU only)
The server gets on average 11.2GFlops using 200W.
Desktop: 25.2/400 = .063GFlops/W
Server: 11.2/200 = .056GFlops/W
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Those power consumption figures are outright mad, how did you measure them exactly?