New Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® processor 5400 series based servers:
New Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor 5400 series based servers, HPC systems, and workstations are built with 45nm enhanced Intel® Core™ microarchitecture previously code-named "Penryn." The Intel® 45nm technology uses high-k dielectric materials that are expected to fuel the ongoing performance advantages predicted by Moore's Law for years to come, and significantly increases the transistor density over the previous Intel® 65nm technology. This second generation Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor 5400 series based platform extends the performance, energy efficiency and virtualization leadership established by the Quad-Core Intel Xeon 5300 series. The breakthrough performance, energy efficiency and reliability of the new Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor-based systems make them the best choice for virtualization and business critical applications, enabling IT to become more efficient and responsive.

Configuration Details: The above charts compare published/submitted results to http://www.spec.org as of November 28, 2007.

Dual-Core Intel Xeon processor 5160 based platform details: HP ProLiant* DL380 G5 server platform with two Dual-Core Intel Xeon processors 5160 3.00GHz, 2x4MB L2 cache, 1333MHz FSB, 8GB memory (8x1GB PC2-5300F CL5), SUSE Linux Enterprise Server* 10 (x86_64) SP1 kernel 2.6.16.46-0.12-smp, Intel® C++ and Fortran Compiler for Linux32* and Linux64* version 10.1 build 20070824. Referenced as published at 18.3 (SPECfp*_base2006) and 20.8 (SPECfp*2006). For more information see http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/results/res2007q4/cpu2006-20070916-02038.html

Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor X5365 based platform details: Supermicro* X7DB8+ server platform with two Quad-Core Intel Xeon processors X5365 3.00 GHz, 2x4MB L2 Cache, 1333MHz FSB, 16GB memory (8x2GB Samsung* PC2-5300F, 2 rank, CL5-5-5, ECC), 64-Bit SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 RC1 kernel linux-cbgm 2.6.16.43-0.5-smp for x86_64, Intel C++ and Fortran Compiler for Linux32 and Linux64 Version 10.1 Build 20070725. Referenced as published at 18.4 (SPECfp_base2006) and 21.4 (SPECfp2006). For more information see http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/results/res2007q3/cpu2006-20070903-01960.html

Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor X5460 based platform details: Supermicro X7DB8+ server platform with two Quad-Core Intel Xeon processors X5460 3.16 GHz, 12MB L2 Cache, 1333MHz FSB, 16GB memory (8x2GB Samsung* PC2-5300F, 2 rank, CL5-5-5, ECC), 64-Bit SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 RC1 kernel linux-cbgm 2.6.16.43-0.5-smp for x86_64, Intel C++ and Fortran Compiler for Linux32 and Linux64 Version 10.1 Build 20070725. Referenced as published at 20.7 (SPECfp_base2006) and 23.9 (SPECfp2006).

Dual-Core AMD* Opteron* processor 2222 based platform details: Fujitsu Siemens CELSIUS* V840 server platform with two Dual-Core AMD Opteron processors 2222 3.00Ghz, 2x1MB L2 cache, 16 GB (8x2GB DDR2-667 CL5 dual rank ECC DIMMs registered), SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64*/Intel® EM64T, QLogic PathScale Compiler* Suite Release 3.0. Referenced as published at 16 (SPECfp_base2006) and 17.4 (SPECfp2006). For more information see http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/results/res2007q3/cpu2006-20070802-01587.html

Quad-Core AMD* Opteron* processor 2347 based platform details: IBM* System x3455 server platform with two Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors 2347 1.90GHz, 2MB L2 cache, 16GB memory (8x2GB DDR2-667 CL5 ECC registered dual rank), SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1, The Portland Group* (PGI) 7.1-0 Fortran/C/C++ Compiler, QLogic PathScale Compiler Suite Release 3.0. Referenced as published at 10.7 (SPECfp_base2006) and 11.2 (SPECfp2006). Results are marked non-compliant. For more information see http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/results/res2007q3/cpu2006-20070903-01949.html

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