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 chart compares published/submitted results to www.spec.org as of November 11, 2007.

Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® processor 5160 based platform details: IBM System X* 3550 platform with two Dual-Core Intel Xeon processors 5160 3.00GHz, 4Mb L2 cache, 16GB memory (8 x 2GB DDR2-5300F ECC), SUSE* Linux* Enterprise Server 10 (x86_64) 2.6.16.21-0.8-smp, Intel® C++ Compiler for Linux version 10.0. Published in August 2007. Referenced as published at 60.8 (SPEcint*_rate_base2006) and 65.3 (SPECint*_rate2006). For more information see http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/results/res2007q3/cpu2006-20070803-01638.html

Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® processor X5365 based platform details:

Dell PowerEdge* 2950 server platform with two Quad-Core Intel Xeon processors X5365 3.00GHz, 2x4Mb L2 cache, 1333MHz FSB, 16GB memory (8x2GB 667MHz ECC CL5 FB-DIMM), 64-Bit SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10, Intel C++ Compiler for Linux32 and Linux64 version 10.1 build 20070725. Referenced as published at 112 (SPECint_rate2006) and 99.1 (SPECint_rate_base2006). For more information see http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/results/res2007q4/cpu2006-20070916-02060.html

Supermicro* motherboard X7DB3 server platform with two Quad-Core Intel Xeon processors X5365 3.00GHz, 2x4MB L2 cache, 1333MHz FSB, 32GB memory (8x4GB DDR2 5300, CL-5-5-5, ECC), 64-Bit SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1, Intel C++ Compiler for Linux32 and Linux64 version 10.1 build 20070725. Referenced as published at 117 (SPECint_rate2006) and 98 (SPECint_rate_base2006). For more information see http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/results/res2007q4/cpu2006-20070921-02123.html

Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® processor X5460 based platform details: Fujitsu Siemens PRIMERGY* RX300 S4 server platform with two Quad-Core Intel Xeon processors X5460 3.16GHz, 12MB L2 cache, 1333MHz FSB, 16GB memory (8x2GB DDR2 PC2-5300F, 2 rank, CAS 5-5-5, with ECC), SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 x86_64 kernel 2.6.16.46-0.12-smp, Intel C++ Compiler for Linux32 and Linux64 version 10.1 build 20070725. Measured at 138 (SPECint_rate2006) and 113 (SPECint_rate_base2006).

Dual-Core AMD Opteron* processor model 2224SE platform based details: Tyan Thunder* h2000M (S3992) with two Dual-Core AMD Opteron processors 2224SE 3.20GHz, 2MB L2 cache, memory 8GB (8x1GB, DDR2-667 CL4 ECC Reg Dual Rank), disk SATA 80GB, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 64-bit, The Portland Group* (PGI) pgcc C/C++ 7.1-0 Compiler. Published in August 2007. Referenced as published at 56.2 (SPEcint_rate_base2006) and 60.7 (SPECint_rate2006). For more information see http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/results/res2007q3/cpu2006-20070723-01515.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 88.8 (SPECint_rate2006) and 77.9 (SPECint_rate_base2006). For more information see http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/results/res2007q4/cpu2006-20071002-02234.html

Quad-Core AMD Opteron* processor model 2360SE platform based details: ASUS* KFSN4-DRE server platform with two Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors 2360SE 2.50GHz, 2MB L2 cache, 16GB memory (8x2GB DDR2-667 CL5 Reg Dual Rank), Red Hat Enterprise* Linux AS Release 5 Update 1 64-bit kernel, The Portland Group (PGI) 7.1-0 and The PathScale* v3.0 C/C++ Compiler. Reference as published at 102 (SPECint_rate2006) and 88.2 (SPECint_rate_base2006). For more information see http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/results/res2007q4/cpu2006-20070908-01997.html

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