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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

    MPI

MPI Performance using  SPEC* MPI 2007*

SPEC MPI2007. http://www.spec.org/mpi2007/, is SPEC's benchmark suite for evaluating MPI-parallel, floating point, compute intensive performance across a wide range of cluster and SMP hardware.

SPEC MPI2007 focuses on performance of compute intensive applications using the Message-Passing Interface (MPI), which means these benchmarks emphasize the performance of the type of computer processor (CPU), the number of computer processors, the MPI Library, the communication interconnect, the memory architecture, the compilers, and the shared file system.

It is important to remember the contribution of all these components. SPEC MPI performance intentionally depends on more than just the processor. MPI2007 is not intended to stress other computer components such as the operating system, graphics, or the I/O system.

The MPI2007 medium benchmarks (code + workload) have been designed to fit within about 1 GB of physical memory per rank. The minimum officially supported memory size is 16 GB. This means that an 8 rank run could require more than 1 GB per rank.

The MPI2007 large benchmarks (code + workload) have been designed to fit within about 2 GB of physical memory per rank. The minimum officially supported rank count is 64, implying a minimum limit of 128 GB of memory.

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

Intel internal testing October 2011

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

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Source

Internal testing (TR1202)

Internal testing (TR1202)

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

Intel® S2600CP

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

Prefetcher

Enabled

Enabled

NUMA

Enabled

Enabled

Intel® Turbo Boost Technology

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.