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Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2600 Product Family

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Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2600 Product Family

The Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2600 Product Family-Based Expert Workstation: Dual Processors for Optimal Performance. The Highest Performing Workstation, Optimized for Experts.

Intel® Xeon® processors are the foundation of high-performance computing. They provide ground-breaking 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 ground-breaking performance to meet HPC challenges and scale for growth while maximizing energy-efficiency through Intel process technology.

Expert workstation performance

SPEC CPU2006* performance

Digital content creation

Financial services

Computer-aided engineering

    CD-adapco STAR-CD*

Entry/Professional to expert workstation performance

Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis Using STAR-CD*

STAR-CD* is computational fluid dynamics (CFD) application used in automotive and aerospace industries. The A-Class workload is a standard airflow benchmark that simulates the turbulent, steady-state flow around an A-Class  Mercedes* car. It contains approximately 6 million cells, 200 iterations.

Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis Using STAR-CD*

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

December 12, 2011

  Intel® Xeon® Processor X5680 Platform

Intel®Xeon® Processor E5-2680 Platform

Source

Internal testing 

Internal testing

Number of cores/threads

6/12 per processor

8/16 per processor

Processor speed

3.33 GHz

2.7 GHz

Last level cache

12 MB

20 MB

Platform manufacturer

Intel® S5520SC

Intel® S2600CP

Platform BIOS

57

Rev X036

System memory

24 GB

32 GB

Memory speed

DDR3-1333

DDR3-1333

Link speed

6.4 GT/s QPI

8.0 GT/s QPI

I/O subsystem

1 SATA disk

1 SATA disk

Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology

Disabled

Disabled

Prefetcher

Enabled

Enabled

Intel® Turbo Boost Technology

Enabled

Enabled

NUMA

Enabled

Enabled

Operating system

64-bit Red Hat* EL6.0

Red Hat* EL6.1

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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. Results have been estimated based on internal Intel analysis and are provided for informational purposes only. Any difference in system hardware or software design or configuration may affect actual performance.


4. Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology: See the Processor Spec Finder at http://ark.intel.com or contact your Intel representative for more information.


5. 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.


6. 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.


7. 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.


8. 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.