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Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 product family

Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2600 Product Family

The Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 product family is at the heart of a flexible and efficient data center that meets your diverse needs. These engineering marvels are designed to deliver the best combination of performance, energy efficiency, built-in capabilities, and cost-effectiveness. You’ll be delighted by better than ever energy efficient performance for 2-Socket Intel® Xeon® processor-based servers. The Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 product family – versatile processors at the heart of today’s data center.

Energy-efficient performance

    SPECpower_ssj*2008

Energy-Efficient Performance Using SPECpower_ssj*2008

SPECpower_ssj*2008 is the first industry-standard SPEC* benchmark that evaluates the power and performance characteristics of volume server class and multi-node class computers. With SPECpower_ssj*2008, SPEC* is defining server power measurement standards in the same way they have done for performance.

The drive to create the power and performance benchmark comes from the recognition that the IT industry, computer manufacturers, and governments are increasingly concerned with the energy use of servers. Currently, many vendors report some energy efficiency figures, but these are often not directly comparable due to differences in workload, configuration, test environment, and so on. Development of this benchmark provides a means to measure power (at the AC input) in conjunction with a performance metric. This should help IT managers to consider power characteristics along with other selection criteria to increase the efficiency of data centers.

The initial benchmark addresses only one subset of server workloads: the performance of server-side Java. It exercises the CPUs, caches, memory hierarchy, and the scalability of shared memory processors (SMPs) as well as the implementations of the JVM (Java Virtual Machine), JIT (Just-In-Time) compiler, garbage collection, threads, and some aspects of the operating system. The benchmark runs on a wide variety of operating systems and hardware architectures and should not require extensive client or storage infrastructure. Additional workloads are planned.

SPEC* and the benchmark name SPECpower_ssj* are registered trademarks of the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation.

Energy-Efficient Performance Using SPECpower_ssj*2008

Configuration Details

Best publications submitted to SPEC as of May 24, 2012. Publications may still be under review and not yet posted to http://www.spec.org.

SPECpower_ssj*2008 (single node)
  Intel® Xeon® Processor X5675-Based Platform Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2660-Based Platform
System HP ProLiant DL360 G7* Huawei RH2288 V2*
Number of processors 2 2
Number of cores / threads 6/12 per processor 8/16 per processor
Processor speed 3.06 GHz 2.2 GHz
Last level cache 12 MB 20 MB
Platform manufacturer Hewlett-Packard Huawei* Technologies Co., Ltd.
System memory 16 GB 16 GB
Link speed 6.4 GT/s QPI 8.0 GT/s QPI
Intel® Turbo Boost Technology Disabled Enabled
Operating system Microsoft Windows* 2008 X64 Enterprise Edition Microsoft Windows Server* 2008 R2 Enterprise SP1
Source http://www.spec.org/power_ssj2008/results/
res2011q4/power_ssj2008-20110713-00386.htm		 http://www.spec.org/power_ssj2008/results/
res2012q2/power_ssj2008-20120427-00454.html

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1. Software and workloads used in performance tests may have been optimized for performance only on Intel microprocessors. Performance tests, such as SYSmark and MobileMark, are measured using specific computer systems, components, software, operations, and functions. Any change to any of those factors may cause the results to vary. You should consult other information and performance tests to assist you in fully evaluating your contemplated purchases, including the performance of that product when combined with other products.


2. Relative performance for each benchmark is calculated by taking the actual benchmark result for the first platform tested and assigning it a value of 1.0 as a baseline. Relative performance for the remaining platforms tested was calculated by dividing the actual benchmark result for the baseline platform into each of the specific benchmark results of each of the other platforms and assigning them a relative performance number that correlates with the performance improvements reported.


3. Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology: See the Processor Spec Finder at http://ark.intel.com or contact your Intel representative for more information.


4. Requires a system with Intel® Turbo Boost Technology. Intel Turbo Boost Technology and Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 are only available on select Intel® processors. Consult your PC manufacturer. Performance varies depending on hardware, software, and system configuration. For more information, visit www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/architecture-and-technology/turbo-boost/turbo-boost-technology.html.


5. Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology (Intel® HT Technology) requires a computer system with a processor supporting Intel HT Technology and an Intel HT Technology-enabled chipset, BIOS, and operating system. Performance will vary depending on the specific hardware and software used. For more information including details on which processors support Intel HT Technology, visit www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/architecture-and-technology/hyper-threading/hyper-threading-technology.html.


6. Intel® processor numbers are not a measure of performance. Processor numbers differentiate features within each processor family, not across different processor families. See www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/processors/processor-numbers.html for details.


7. Intel® products are not intended for use in medical, life saving, life sustaining, critical control or safety systems, or in nuclear facility applications. All dates and products specified are for planning purposes only and are subject to change without notice.