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SPECfp* Benchmarks: Intel® Xeon® Processor E3 Family - Server

Intel® Xeon® processor E3 family

Intel® Xeon® processor E3 family

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    Floating point throughput performance on SPECfp*_rate_base2006 benchmark

Floating point throughput performance on SPECfp*_rate_base2006 benchmark

Floating point throughput performance on SPECfp*_rate_base2006 benchmark

Benchmark description for SPECfp*_rate_base2006

SPECfp*_rate_base2006 is a compute-intensive benchmark that measures the floating point throughput performance of a computer system carrying out a number of parallel tasks. The benchmark consists of a suite of 17 floating point workloads developed from actual end-user applications. System throughput is measured by running multiple copies of the benchmark simultaneously with the number of copies typically set to the number of logical hardware cores seen by the operating system. The performance score reported is a measure of the throughput of the system measured in jobs per hour. Higher scores indicate better performance. See www.spec.org for more information.

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

Floating-point throughput performance

Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (www.spec.org) published results and Intel estimates as of March 2011.

Quad-core Intel® Xeon® processor X3230 platform (score 42.2)

Acer Altos* G330Mk2 using Intel® Xeon® processor X3230 (2.66 GHz, 8MB L2 cache, 1066 MHz bus), 8GB (4x 2GB DDR2-800), 64-bit SuSE* Linux Enterprise Server 10, Intel® C++ Compiler, and Intel® Fortran Compiler for Linux version 10.1. Source: www.spec.org/cpu2006/results/res2007q4/cpu2006-20071203-02758.html.

45nm quad-core Intel® Xeon® processor X3380 platform (score 51.9)

Acer* AT110 F1 server using Intel® Xeon® processor X3380 (3.16 GHz, 12MB L2 cache, 1333 MHz bus, 45nm), 8GB (4x 2 GB DDR2-800), 64-bit SuSE* Linux Enterprise Server 11, Intel® C++ Compiler for Linux64 version 11.0. Source: www.spec.org/cpu2006/results/res2010q1/cpu2006-20091207-09239.html.

45nm quad-core Intel® Xeon® processor X3480 platform (score 94.6)

Intel® S3420GP board 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, 16GB memory (4x 4GB Samsung DDR3-1333 dual-rank REG ECC), 160GB SATA 7200RPM HDD, SuSE* Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86_64. Source: Intel estimates as of January 2011. Score: SPECint_rate_base2006 (score 131), SPECint_rate2006 (score 140), SPECfp_rate_base2006 (score 94.6), SPECfp_rate2006 (score 97).

32nm quad-core Intel® Xeon® processor E3-1280 platform (score 117)

Intel® C206 chipset with one Intel® Xeon® Processor E3-1280 (quad-core, 3.50 GHz, 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 Samsung DDR3-1333 dual-rank unbuffered ECC), 160GB SATA 7200RPM HDD, SuSE* Linux Enterprise Server 11 (kernel 2.6.35.10) for x86_64. Source: Intel estimates as of March 2011. Score: SPECint_rate_base2006 (score 160), SPECint_rate2006 (score 167), SPECfp_rate_base2006 (score 117), SPECfp_rate2006 (score 121).

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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. SPECint*2000/SPECint*2006 and SPECfp*2000/SPECfp*2006 benchmark tests reflect the performance of the microprocessor, memory architecture, and compiler of a computer system on compute-intensive, 32-bit applications. SPEC benchmark tests results for Intel® microprocessors are determined using particular, well-configured systems. These results may or may not reflect the relative performance of Intel® microprocessors in systems with different hardware or software designs or configurations (including compilers). Buyers should consult other sources of information, including system benchmarks, to evaluate the performance of systems they are considering purchasing.


4. 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.


5. 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/products/processor_number/ for details.


6. Intel does not control or audit the design or implementation of third party benchmarks or Web sites referenced in this document. Intel encourages all of its customers to visit the referenced Web sites or others where similar performance benchmarks are reported and confirm whether the referenced benchmarks are accurate and reflect performance of systems available for purchase.