SQL Performance

APRIL 8, 2019

The L3 cache size is 64MB. Both of these Intel processors are special bespoke models that are not in the Intel ARK database. I wrote about using CPU-Z to benchmark the Intel Xeon E5-2673 v3 processor in an Azure VM in this article. Figure 1: CPU-Z Benchmark Results for LS16v2. The L3 cache size is 64MB.

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Alex Russell

MARCH 6, 2021

A then-representative $200USD device had 4-8 slow (in-order, low-cache) cores, ~2GiB of RAM, and relatively slow MLC NAND flash storage. Using a global ASP as a benchmark can further mislead thanks to the distorting effect of ultra-high-end prices rising while shipment volumes stagnate. The Moto G4 , for example.

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Alex Russell

APRIL 29, 2021

As an engineer on a browser team, I'm privy to the blow-by-blow of various performance projects, benchmark fire drills, and the ways performance marketing (deeply) impacts engineering priorities. With each team, benchmarks lost are understood as bugs. Delayed three years ( Chrome 40, November 2014 vs. Safari 11.1,

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SQL Performance

JULY 16, 2019

This made it easier for database professionals to make the case for a hardware upgrade, and made the typical upgrade more worthwhile. They will also have up to 256MB of L3 cache per processor. You might be asking why you should care about all of this as a SQL Server Database professional? Figure 2: AMD EPYC Rome Processor.

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