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Amber* Benchmarks: Intel® Xeon® Processor E3 Family - HPC

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Intel® Xeon® processor E3 family

Small business servers based on the Intel® Xeon® processor E3-1200 product family deliver outstanding performance at a great value, enabling small businesses to manage their IT investments smarter.

High Performance Computing

    Computational chemistry performance using Amber*

Computational chemistry performance using Amber*

PS/day normalized to 1.0 baseline of Intel® Xeon® processor X3480 performance

Server computational chemistry performance

Benchmark description for Amber* 10

The Amber* benchmark is a package of molecular simulation programs. The workload measures the number of problems solved (PS) per day using nine standard molecular dynamic simulations. For more information, visit the Amber* website at www.ambermd.org.

Configuration details Intel® Xeon® processor E3-1200 product family

Intel estimates as of January 2011

45nm Intel® Xeon® processor X3480 platform (score 1.00)

Intel® Server Board S3420GP with one Intel® Xeon® processor X3480 (quad-core, 3.06GHz, 8MB L3 cache), Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology enabled, Intel® Turbo Boost Technology enabled, Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology (Intel® HT Technology) enabled, 8GB memory (4x 2GB DDR3-1333 REG ECC), 160GB SATA 7200RPM HDD, Red Hat* Enterprise Linux Server 5.5 for x86_64. Source: Intel estimates as of May 2010. Geomean score of nine workloads: 1,310 ps/day.

32nm Intel® Xeon® processor E3-1280 platform (score 1.24)

Intel® C206 chipset with one Intel® Xeon® processor E3-1280 (quad-core, 3.5GHz, 8MB L3 cache), Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology enabled, Intel® Turbo Boost Technology enabled, Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology (Intel® HT Technology) enabled, 8GB memory (2x 4GB DDR3-1333 Unbuffered ECC), 160GB SATA 7200RPM HDD, Red Hat* Enterprise Linux Server 5.5 for x86_64 with kernel 2.6.35.10. Source: Intel estimates as of Jan 2011. Geomean score of nine workloads: 1,619 ps/day.

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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. 64-bit Intel® Xeon® processors with Intel® EM64T require a computer system with a processor, chipset, BIOS, OS, device drivers, and applications enabled for Intel EM64T. Processor will not operate (including 32-bit operation) without an Intel EM64T-enabled BIOS. Performance will vary depending on your hardware and software configurations. Intel EM64T-enabled OS, BIOS, device drivers, and applications may not be available. Check with your vendor for more information.


4. 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.


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6. 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.