[pfSense] AMD APU - Good Performer?

[David Burgess]

On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 12:14 PM, Steven Sherwood <StevenS at coc.ca> wrote:
> Hello list,
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> I’m considering a few different platforms for low powered but Gigabit
> capable firewall/routers, and have been looking at Mini-ITX systems based on
> Atom processors.

I have a D510-based dual Intel NIC board that consumes around 19W idle
with a PicoPSU and will route around 350 Mbps using the default packet
size in iperf, or 600+ Mbps with net.inet.ip.fastforwarding enabled.

I have also done a system based on an Intel DH57JG board + i3 560,
2.5" hdd and PicoPSU that used 17-19W idle and would route wire speed
(950 Mbps steady, using a vlan switch) on iperf with ~60% idle CPU in
top.

Lastly, I have an Intel DQ67EP board with i5 2500, SSD, and DC-DC PSU
(Antec) that uses ~19W idle. I haven't run pfsense on this one or
tested its routing capacity.

I hope the extra data points will be useful to you.

db