Which of the following is a benefit of the POWER8 processor for a big data analytics implementation when
compared to x86?

A.
More threads per core

B.
BLU Accelerator

C.
More cores per socket

D.
Faster clock speed

Explanation:
With BLU Acceleration and the POWER8 hardware, we observed an average performance improvement of 82
times on report generation compared to competitor running on x86 platform.
http://www.ibmbluhub.com/solutions/blu-power/blu-power8/