Ultra SPARC T2 - Performance Improvement Versus T1

Performance Improvement Versus T1

The UltraSPARC T2 offers a variety of performance improvements over the former UltraSPARC T1 processor

  • Integer throughput and throughput/watt (>2x improvement)
  • Integer single-thread performance (>1.4x improvement)
  • Better floating-point throughput (>10x improvement)
  • Better floating-point single-thread performance (>5x improvement)
  • Increased performance of cryptography through additional cyphers included in the embedded crypto cores
  • Two world-record single-chip SPEC CPU results, based on tests that delivered 78.5 SPECint_rate2006 and 62.3 SPECfp_rate2006

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