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Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2600 Product Family

Intel® Xeon® processors are the foundation of high-performance computing. They provide groundbreaking server performance to a wide-range of real-world applications ranging from life science research, to computer aided modeling, to financial services. These processors deliver groundbreaking performance to meet HPC challenges and scale for growth while maximizing energy-efficiency through Intel process technology.

High performance computing performance

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OpenMP* Performance Using SPEC OMPL2001*

SPEC OMP* (OpenMP* Benchmark Suite), http://www.spec.org/omp/, is SPEC's first benchmark suite for evaluating performance based on OpenMP (http://www.openmp.org) applications. SPEC OMP continues the SPEC tradition of giving HPC users the most objective and representative benchmark suite for measuring the performance of SMP (shared memory multi-processor) systems.

SPEC OMPL2001* contains larger working sets and longer run times than SPEC/HPG's SPEC OMPM2001*. Application benchmarks running under SPEC OMPL2001 use up to 6.4GB of memory and take approximately four hours each to run on a 300MHz, 16-processor reference machine. SPEC OMPM2001* uses medium-sized workloads that require 1.6GB of memory and take an hour and a half each to run on a 350MHz, four-processor reference machine.

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

Configuration Details: Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2600 Product Family

Published estimates as of March 6, 2012.

SPEC OMPL_base2001*

Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2690 platform details:

Dell PowerEdge* T620 platform with two Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2690 (2.9GHz, 20 MB L3, 8.0 GT/s, 8-core, 135W TDP), Intel® Turbo Boost Technology enabled, Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology enabled, 128 GB (16x8 GB DDR3-1600 registered ECC), 2x250 GB/7.2K SATA RAID 0 drive, SUSE Linux* 11 SP2 x86_64 GMC3, kernel 3.0.13-027. SPEC binaries were built with Intel® C/C++ Compiler 12.0.5.2011719. SPECompL*base2001 score of 525,122 on Intel Xeon processor E5-2690 server was obtained using 32 OpenMP threads over two sockets. Refer to http://i.dell.com/sites/content/shared-content/data-sheets/en/Documents/T620_OMPL2001.pdf for more information.

Intel® Xeon® processor X5690 based platform details:

Cisco UCS B200 M2* platform with two Intel® Xeon® processors X5690 (3.46 GHz, 12 MB L3, 6.4 GT/s, 6-core, 130W TDP), Intel® Turbo Boost Technology enabled, Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology enabled, 48 GB (12x4 GB DDR3-1333 registered ECC), 1x300 GB Seagate* HDD, SUSE Enterprise Linux* 11.0, SPEC binaries were built with Intel® C Compiler 11.1. Submitted to http://www.spec.org for publication at SPECompL*base2001 score of 282,771. SPECompL* results on Intel® Xeon® processor 5600 series-based server were obtained using 24 OpenMP threads over two sockets.

OpenMP* Performance Using SPEC OMPM2001*

SPEC OMP* (OpenMP* Benchmark Suite), http://www.spec.org/omp/,  is SPEC's first benchmark suite for evaluating performance based on OpenMP (http://www.openmp.org) applications. SPEC OMP continues the SPEC tradition of giving HPC users the most objective and representative benchmark suite for measuring the performance of SMP (shared memory multi-processor) systems.

SPEC OMPL2001* contains larger working sets and longer run times than SPEC/HPG's SPEC OMPM2001*. Application benchmarks running under SPEC OMPL2001 use up to 6.4GB of memory and take approximately four hours each to run on a 300MHz, 16-processor reference machine. SPEC OMPM2001* uses medium-sized workloads that require 1.6GB of memory and take an hour and a half each to run on a 350MHz, four-processor reference machine.

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

Configuration Details: Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2600 Product Family

Published estimates as of March 6, 2012.

SPECompM*_base2001

Intel®Xeon® processor E5-2690 platform details:

Dell PowerEdge* T620 platform with two Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2690 (2.9 GHz, 20 MB L3, 8.0 GT/s, 8-core, 135W TDP), Intel® Turbo Boost Technology enabled, Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology enabled, 128 GB (16x8 GB DDR3-1600 registered ECC), 2x250 GB/7.2K SATA RAID 0 drive, SUSE Linux* 11 SP2 x86_64 GMC3, kernel 3.0.13-027. SPEC binaries were built with Intel® C/C++ Compiler 12.0.5.2011719. SPECompM*base2001 score of 92,631 on Intel Xeon processor E5-2690 server was obtained using 32 OpenMP threads over two sockets. Refer to http://i.dell.com/sites/content/shared-content/data-sheets/en/Documents/T620_OMPM2001.pdf for more information.

Intel® Xeon® processor X5690 based platform details:

Cisco UCS B200 M2* platform with two Intel® Xeon® processor X5690 (3.46 GHz, 12 MB L3, 6.4 GT/s, 6-core, 130W TDP), Intel® Turbo Boost Technology enabled, Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology enabled, 48 GB (12x4 GB DDR3-1333 registered ECC), 1x300 GB Seagate* HDD, SUSE Enterprise Linux* 11.0, SPEC binaries were built with Intel® C Compiler 11.1. Submitted to www.spec.org for publication at SPECompM*base2001 score of 52,986. SPECompM* results on Intel Xeon processor 5600 series-based server were obtained using 24 OpenMP threads over two sockets.

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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.