Intel® Xeon® Processor E7-4800 Product Family - High Performance Computing

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Intel® Xeon® processor E7-4800 product family

Ideal for high performance computing (HPC) applications that rely on high memory capacity thanks to up to 512GB per socket with 16 slots utilizing 32GB memory modules delivering up to 102 Gb/s memory bandwidth on a 4-socket server.

Technical compute server

    Floating point throughput performance using SPECfp*_rate_base2006

Floating point throughput performance using SPECfp*_rate_base2006

Floating point throughput performance using SPECfp*_rate_base2006

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Floating point throughput performance using SPECfp*_rate_base2006

In functional IT environments, the goal is to enhance experimentation and increase precision while keeping the total cost of ownership (TCO) down to move company R&D forward. The next generation Intel® Xeon® processor E7-4800 products with the large memory and I/O capacity plus high memory bandwidth is the better choice for technical compute workloads.

Benchmark description for SPECfp*_rate_base2006

SPEC CPU2006* is a benchmark to measure system efficiency during integer and floating point operations. It consists of an integer test suite containing 12 applications and a floating point test suite containing 17 applications which are extremely computing-intensive and concentrate on the CPU and memory. Other components, such as disk I/O and network, are not measured by this benchmark. SPEC CPU2006 contains two different methods of performance measurement: The first method "SPEED" determines the time required to complete a single task. The second method "rate" determines the throughput, for example, how many tasks can be completed in parallel. Both methods are additionally subdivided into two measuring runs, "base" and "peak", which differ in the way the compiler optimization is used. The "base" values are always used when results are published; the "peak" values are optional. The chart above shows "base" floating point throughput performance as measured by SPECfp_rate_base2006.

Configuration details Intel® Xeon® processor E7-4800 product family

As of April 1, 2011

Floating-point throughput performance using SPECfp*_rate_base2006

SPECfp* is a trademark of the Standard Performance Evaluation Corp. (SPEC). See www.spec.org for more information. Comparison is based on best 4-socket published or submitted results.

4-socket Intel® Xeon® processor X7460 based platform details

Hewlett-Packard ProLiant* DL580 G5 server platform with four Intel Xeon processors X7460 (16M cache, 2.66GHz, 1066MHz FSB), 64GB (16x 4GB PC2-5300F CL5) memory, SUSE Enterprise Linux 10 (x86_64) SP1, Intel® C++ Complier and Fortran Compiler 11.0 for LINUX. Referenced as published at 142. For more information, see www.spec.org/cpu2006/results/res2008q4/cpu2006-20080911-05253.html.

4-socket Intel® Xeon® processor X7560 based platform details

Cisco UCS* C460 M1 server platform with four Intel Xeon processors X7560 (24M cache, 2.26 GHz, 6.40GT/s Intel® QuickPath Interconnect (Intel® QPI)), 512GB DDR3-1066 QR REG ECC memory, SUSE* Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86_64, Intel® C++ and Fortran Compiler for Linux* version 11.1. Referenced as published score of 549. Source: www.spec.org/cpu2006/results/res2010q2/cpu2006-20100510-10870.html.

4-socket Intel® Xeon® processor E7-4870 based platform details

Dell PowerEdge* R910 server platform with four Intel Xeon processor E7-4870 (30M cache, 2.40GHz, 6.40GT/s Intel® QuickPath Interconnect (Intel® QPI)), 512GB memory, Intel® C and Fortran Compiler XE2011, SUSE* Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (x86_64). Referenced as submitted base score of 724. Source: submitted to www.spec.org.

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