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Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2600 Product Family

Virtualized data center performance

Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2600 Product Family

Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2600 Product Family

The Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 product family is at the heart of a flexible and efficient data center that meets your diverse needs. These engineering marvels are designed to deliver the best combination of performance, energy efficiency, built-in capabilities, and cost-effectiveness. You’ll be delighted by the exceptional virtualization performance you’ll see with Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 product family-based servers. The Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 product family – versatile processors at the heart of today’s data center.

Virtualized data center performance

    VMmark* v2.1

Virtualized Server Consolidation Performance Using VMmark* v2.1

VMmark* is a free tool that hardware vendors, virtualization software vendors, and other organizations use to measure the performance and scalability of applications running in virtualized environments. VMmark* enables users to:

  • Measure virtual data center performance accurately and reliably
  • View and compare the performance of different hardware and virtualization platforms

VMware® VMmark® is a product of VMware, Inc.

Virtualized Server Consolidation Performance Using VMmark* v2.1

Best publications to http://www.vmware.com/a/vmmark/ as of August 20, 2012.

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

System

Fujitsu PRIMERGY RX300 S6*

Cisco UCS B200 M3*

Number of processors

2

2

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

Fujitsu*

Cisco*

System memory

96 GB per node

128GB per node

Link speed

6.4 GT/s QPI

8.0 GT/s QPI

Operating system

Microsoft Windows* Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition

Microsoft Windows* Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition

Hypervisor

VMware ESX* 4.1

VMware ESX* 4.1 U2

Source

http://www.vmware.com/a/assets/
vmmark/pdf/2011-10-18-Fujitsu-RX300S6.pdf

 http://www.vmware.com/a/assets/vmmark/pdf/2012-06-15-Cisco-UCSB200M3.pdf

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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.