**The task:** compress data faster than the desktop
**The test:** compress a 283 MB archive using the [fully multithreaded pigz](/pack_as_pack_can.html "fully multithreaded pigz")
**The result:** 0.98 s (4 x Xeon 1240v2 @ 3.4 GHz] 1.42 s (24 x Opteron 8431 @ 2.4 GHz) 1.51 s (24 x Opteron 6176 @ 2.3 GHz) **The conclusion:** our next workstation will have Intel CPUs. 😞