Intel® Xeon® Processors Requiring BIOS 2.01.0002 or Later

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11/15/2023

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Processors requiring BIOS 2.01.0002 or later. Boards with revisions lower than G11481-354 will require a BIOS upgrade before installing these processors.

Processor number Cache Clock speed Intel® QuickPath Interconnect (Intel® QPI) Thermal
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2697 v2 30 Mb 2.7 GHz 8 GT/s 130W
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2695 v2 30 Mb 2.4 GHz 8 GT/s 115W
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2690 v2 25 Mb 3 GHz 8 GT/s 130W
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2680 v2 25 Mb 3.6 GHz 8 GT/s 115W
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2670 v2 25 Mb 2.5 GHz 8 GT/s 115W
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2667 v2 25 Mb 3.3 GHz 8 GT/s 130W
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2660 v2 25 Mb 2.2 GHz 8 GT/s 95W
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2658 v2 25 Mb 2.4 GHz 8 GT/s 95W
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2650 v2 20 Mb 2.6 GHz 8 GT/s 95W
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2650L v2 25 Mb 1.7 GHz 7.2 GT/s 70W
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2648L v2 25 Mb 1.9 GHz 8 GT/s 70W
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2643 v2 25 Mb 3.5 GHz 8 GT/s 130W
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2640 v2 20 Mb 2 GHz 7.2 GT/s 95W
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2630 v2 15 Mb 2.6 GHz 7.2 GT/s 80W
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2630L v2 15 Mb 2.4 GHz 7.2 GT/s 60W
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2628L v2 20 Mb 1.9 GHz 7.2 GT/s 70W
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2620 v2 15 Mb 2.1 GHz 7.2 GT/s 80W
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2618L v2 15 Mb 2 GHz 6.4 GT/s 50W
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2609 v2 10 Mb 2.5 GHz 6.4 GT/s 80W
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2603 v2 10 Mb 1.8 GHz 6.4 GT/s 80W

 

Processors with no BIOS requirement

Processor number Cache Clock speed Intel® QuickPath Interconnect (Intel® QPI) Thermal
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2690 20 Mb 2.90 GHz 8.00 GT/s 135W
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2680 20 Mb 2.70 GHz 8.00 GT/s 130W
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2670 20 Mb 2.60 GHz 8.00 GT/s 115W
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2667 15 Mb 2.90 GHz 8.00 GT/s 130W
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2665 20 Mb 2.40 GHz 8.00 GT/s 115W
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2660 20 Mb 2.20 GHz 8.00 GT/s 95W
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2658 20 Mb 2.10 GHz 8.0 GT/s 95W
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2650L 20 Mb 1.80 GHz 8.00 GT/s 70W
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2650 20 Mb 2.00 GHz 8.00 GT/s 95W
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2648L 20 Mb 1.80 GHz 8.0 GT/s 70W
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2643 10 Mb 3.30 GHz 8.00 GT/s 130W
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2640 15 Mb 2.50 GHz 7.20 GT/s 95W
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2637 5 Mb 3.00 GHz 8.00 GT/s 80W
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2630L 15 Mb 2.00 GHz 8.00 GT/s 60W
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2630 15 Mb 2.30 GHz 7.20 GT/s 95W
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2620 15 Mb 2.00 GHz 7.20 GT/s 95W
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2609 10 Mb 2.40 GHz 6.40 GT/s 80W
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2603 10 Mb 1.80 GHz 6.40 GT/s 80W