Proving once again the power of hardware and software engineered to work together, the combination of Sun SPARC-based hardware and Oracle Database set a new performance benchmark record. Oracle's record-shattering result is 3x IBM's best result and 7x HP's. All on a public benchmark defined and audited by the Transaction Processing Council.*

• 3x IBM's Best Performance: Although IBM delivered an impressive 10.3 million TPC-C transactions per minute, Oracle outperforms with a stunning 30.2 million transactions.
• 26% Lower Cost per Transaction than IBM: Oracle's price/performance ratio of $1.01 is 26% lower than the $1.38 logged by IBM.

The HP, IBM and Oracle TPC-C performance results were independently audited and verified by InfoSizing Inc. For more information about the mission of the Transaction Processing Performance Council (TPC), please visit: http://www.tpc.org/information/about/abouttpc.asp.

• 7x HP's Best Performance: Oracle's 30.2 million TPC-C transactions per minute leaves HP's best result of 4 million transactions in the dust.
• 65% Lower Cost per Transaction than HP: Compared to the $2.93 logged by HP, Oracle's price/performance ratio of $1.01 is 65% lower.

* Source: Transaction Processing Performance Council, www.tpc.org as of 12/2/10. Oracle Sun SPARC T3-4 server cluster, 30,249,688 tpmC, $1.01/tpmC, available 6/1/11. IBM Power 780 Server, 10,366,254 tpmC, $1.38/tpmC, available 10/13/10. HP Integrity Superdome-Itanium2, 4,092,799 tpmC, $2.93/tpmC, available 8/6/07.