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Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2600 Product Family

High performance computing

Intel Xeon

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

    Life sciences

Life Sciences Performance

Amber*:  geometric mean of dhfr, factor_ix, gb_alp, gb_cox2, gb_mb, hb, jac, rt, trx workloads

Clustalw*-mpi: geometric mean of hiv, pfam workloads

Gamess*:  geometric mean of crown2DFT, crown2Freq, crown2MP2, crown2SCF workloads

Gromacs*: geometric mean of dppc, lzmcutoff, lzmpme, villin workloads

HMMER*: geometric mean of bioperf, sci workloads

NAMD*: apoa1 workload

Intel Internal Testing December 2011

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

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  Intel® Xeon® Processor X5690 Platform Intel®Xeon® Processor E5-2690 Platform

Source

Internal Testing (TR1201)

Internal Testing (TR1201)

Number of cores / threads

6/12 per processor

8/16 per processor

Processor speed

3.46 GHz

2.9 GHz

Last level cache

12 MB

20 MB

Platform manufacturer

Supermicro*

Intel® S2600CP

Platform BIOS

Rev 04/19/2010

D294

System memory

48 GB

32 GB

Memory Speed

DDR3-1333

DDR3-1600

Link Speed

6.4 GT/s QPI

8.0 GT/s QPI

Hyper-threading

disabled/enabled

disabled/enabled

Prefetcher

enabled

enabled

NUMA

enabled

enabled

Turbo

enabled

enabled

Operating system

Red Hat EL5-U5*

Red Hat EL6.1* with 2.6.39.3 kernel

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Product and Performance Information

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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.