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BWA aligner with a small dataset (20 million paired-end reads) was tested with CPU skews listed in Table 5. CPUs with above 2.5 GHz and higher core counts work well with the applications in Life Sciences.
CPU | Base Frequency (GHz) | Max Turbo (GHz) | Intel SpeedStep Max Frequency | Cores | TDP (W) |
6346 | 3.1 | 3.6 | N/A | 16 | 205 |
6342 | 2.8 | 3.5 | N/A | 24 | 230 |
8358 | 2.6 | 3.4 | N/A | 32 | 250 |
6336Y | 2.4 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 24 | 185 |
8325Y | 2.2 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 32 | 205 |