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 platforms 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 11, 2007.

Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® processor 5160 based platform details: HP ProLiant* DL380 G5 platform with two Dual-Core Intel Xeon processors 5160 3.00GHz, 4MB L2 cache, 8GB memory (8x1 GB PC2-5300F CL5), SUSE* Linux* Enterprise Server 10 (x86_64) SP1 kernel 2.6.16.46-0.12-smp, Intel® C++/Fortran Compiler for Linux32 and Linux64 version 10.1 build 20070725. Referenced as published at 48.8 (SPECfp*_rate2006) and 45.1 (SPECfp*_rate_base2006). For more information see http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/results/res2007q4/cpu2006-20070916-02036.html

Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® processor X5365 based platform details: Supermicro* X7DB8+ platform with two Intel Xeon processors X5365 3.00GHz, 8 cores, 2x4MB L2 cache, 16GB memory (8x2GB Samsung* DDR2 5300F, 2 rank, CL5-5-5, ECC), 64-Bit SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 kernel linux-cbgm 2.6.16.43-0.5-smp for x86_64, Intel C++/Fortran Compiler for Linux32 and Linux64 version 10.1 build 20070725. Published in September 2007. Referenced as published at 63.1 (SPECfp_rate_base2006) and 66.9 (SPECfp_rate2006). For more information see http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/results/res2007q3/cpu2006-20070821-01886.html

Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® processor E5472 based platform details: Supermicro X7DW3 server platform with two Quad-Core Intel Xeon processors E5472 3.00GHz, 12MB L2 cache, 32GB memory (8x4GB PC2-6400 DDR2-800, CL5, 2 rank, 8 bank), SUSE Linux10.1 X86-64 (Linux 2.6.16.13-4-smp), Intel C++/Fortran Compiler 10.1 for Linux build 20070913 package ID: l_cc_p_10.1.008, l_fc_p_10.1.008. Measured at 78.4 (SPECfp_rate_base2006) and 88.1 (SPECfp_rate2006).

Dual-Core AMD Opteron* processor 2224SE based platform details: Tyan Thunder* h2000M (S3992) platform with two AMD Opteron processors 2224SE 3.20GHz, 4 cores, 2MB L2 cache, 8GB memory (8x1GB, DDR2-667 CL4 ECC Reg Dual Rank), SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 64-bit, The Portland Group* (PGI) 7.1-0 Compiler. Published in August 2007. Referenced as published at 52.1 (SPECfp_rate_base2006) and 53.1 (SPECfp_rate2006). For more information see http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/results/res2007q3/cpu2006-20070723-01516.html

Quad-Core AMD Opteron* processor model 2350 platform based details: Supermicro motherboard H8DMR-82 platform with two Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors 2350 2.0GHz, 2MB L2 cache, 32GB memory (8x4GB PC5300 CL5 DDR2), SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 64-bit, The Portland Group (PGI) C/C++ 7.1-0 and PathScale Compiler Suite 3.0. Referenced as published at 77.9 (SPECfp_rate2006) and 73.1 (SPECfp_rate_base2006). For more information see http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/results/res2007q4/cpu2006-20071002-02235.html

Quad-Core AMD Opteron* processor 2360SE based platform details: Supermicro H8DMU+ server platform with two Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors 2360SE 2.50GHz, 2MB L2 cache, 16GB memory (8x2GB DDR2-667 CL5 Reg Dual Rank), SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 64-bit, The Portland Group (PGI) and The PathScale* Compiler v3.0 C/C++/Fortran Compiler. Referenced as published at 86.3 (SPECfp_rate2006) and 80.6 (SPECfp_rate_base2006). For more information see http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/results/res2007q4/cpu2006-20070908-01998.html

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