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VIA C7 Beats Intel Quad Core Xeon |
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Written by Stew
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Wednesday, 30 January 2008 |
 One of our engineers here at VIA came across this interesting benchmark from Lavalys, a security and IT company that specializes in software publishing for advanced administration solutions. Everest is a powerful system diagnostics solution used to gauge the performance of hardware in specific applications.
What caught our man's eye was a benchmark for AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) that places the 1.5Ghz VIA C7 CPU above an Intel Quad Core Xeon at 2.3Ghz. The VIA C7 scored 18,038 points while the Server CPU from Intel scored 17,323. The reason for this benchmark result lies in the fact that the VIA C7 uses the VIA PadLock Security Engine. For more details 'read more' below
Lavalys' Everest benchmark software is designed to let business customers know exactly what different hardware is capable of under different conditions and on different applications. The AES benchmark test is designed to tell customers exactly how long it takes the candidate CPU to perform AES encryption. Advanced Encryption Standard is a block cipher standard adopted by the U.S. government which has also been adopted worldwide and is now one of the most popular encryption algorithms used in modern cryptography.
In laymans terms AES is a security standard that is used by businesses and governments alike to protect and secure their data.
The benchmark shown above illustrates just how powerful the C7 padlock architecture really is. The nearest competitor is XEON CPU at 2.33Ghz. This is a way more expensive part than the C7 and is primarily a Server / Workstation CPU.
So how does the C7 beat it? Well, it's due to the VIA PadLock Security Engine . The VIA PadLock Security Engine is built directly into the processor, taking a modest amount of real estate on the die. This means that PadLock is actually part of the CPU architecture that is dedicated specifically to running security encryption tasks, making it much more efficient.
Designed with a Quantum-based VIA PadLock RNG (Random Number Generator), and the VIA PadLock ACE (Advanced Cryptography Engine) the VIA C7 offers extremely secure data encryption with incredible efficiency, making equipped to out-perform a quad-core server CPU.
The VIA PadLock Security Engine will also be a feature available on all forthcoming Isaiah based CPUs.
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Visitor
Monday, 18 February 2008
good good good good
Fridgemusa
Thursday, 06 March 2008
I see big things to come for Via/Centaur chips! They are cheap to make, power efficient, and fast for their power consumption!
