Compaq Evo W8000 Supplementary Manual page 9

Analysis of Intel Xeon Processor Frequency Grades and Cache Sizes on Performance Benchmarks White Paper
Cadalyst on Quadro2Pro
23.21
Cadalyst on Wildcat 5110
20.72
Figure 3
Analysis
In both 2D and 3D tests, the additional cache in Xeon .13 provides a 7% increase in performance
using the Quadro2 Pro graphics card and about 3-5% increase using the Wildcat 5110 graphics
card.
The 2D tests are less graphics card intensive and more CPU intensive, thus the CPU performance
greatly influences AutoCAD 2002 performance. From these scores alone, the 2.2GHz Xeon .13
shows about a 4% increase in performance from their 2GHz counterparts using the Quadro2 Pro
card and about an 8% increase using the Wildcat 5110 card.
In 3D tests, there is about a 7 % increase in performance going to higher speed Xeon .13s in both
cards. Quadro2 Pro performs almost 13-16% better than Wildcat 5110 in 2D tests and about 4-5%
better in 3D tests. This is because Quadro2 Pro drivers are more DirectX optimized. This points
to the importance of balancing system components versus focusing on raw CPU speed only.
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2GHz Xeon .18
2GHz Xeon .13
2.2GHz Xeon .13
30.14
26.17
24.96
2D
2GHz Xeon .18
2GHz Xeon .13
2.2GHz Xeon .13
28.82
23.27
21.5
2D
34.41
32.16
3D
32.6
30.36
3D
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