Intel Xeon processor 5400 series workstation product brief

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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/products/
processor_number for details.
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Based on measured result on SPECfp*_rate2006 benchmark. SPEC binaries built with Intel® Compiler 10.1 for 64-bit Linux Servers are congured with 64-Bit SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 and
16 GB (8x2 GB) of memory.
Intel® server pre-production platform with two Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® processor X5365 (3.00 GHz) w/ 2x4M L2 Cache, 1333 MHz FSB, 5000p “Blackford” Chipset. All measurements use FB DDR2-667
MHz memory.
Intel® server pre-production platform with two Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® processor X5472 (3.0 GHz) w/ 2x6M L2 Cache, 1600 MHz FSB, 400 “Seaburg” Chipset. All measurements use FB DDR2-800
MHz memory.
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Intel internal measurement as of May 10, 2007 using SPECint_rate_base2000* with Intel® Xeon® Tigerton processor 2.93 GHz. Results compare Intel measured Quad-Core Intel Xeon Tigerton processor
(2.66 GHz) or (2.93 GHz), with 2x4M L2 Cache, 1066 MHz system bus, Clarksboro Chipset vs. published Dual-Core AMD Opteron* Model 8220SE (2.8SktF).
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Platforms built on Intel® 5400 Chipset. Performance and competitive information is accurate at time of document publication. For latest competitive and performance information,
visit www.intel.com/performance.
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Intel® Virtualization Technology requires a computer system with an enabled Intel® processor, BIOS, virtual machine monitor (VMM) and, for some uses, certain platform software enabled for it. Functionality,
performance or other benets will vary depending on hardware and software congurations and may require a BIOS update. Software applications may not be compatible with all operating systems. Please
check with your application vendor.
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Intel internal measurement. Platforms running 4x Intel® Xeon® processor X7350, 32 GB memory, vConsolidate Beta 2, Virtual Iron 4.0.2 software. 1 CSU conguration, Sept 2007. Boot time improvement
measured on Windows XP. vConsolidate measurement conducted by conguring the system with Windows 2000 SP4.
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64-bit computing on Intel architecture requires a computer system with a processor, chipset, BIOS, operating system, device drivers and applications enabled for Intel® 64 architecture. Performance will vary
depending on your hardware and software congurations. Consult with your system vendor for more information.
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Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor 5400 Series
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Features Benets
Multi-core Processing
• Maximizes scalable performance and cost/virtual machines.
• Second-generation Quad-Core processors built on 45nm technology boosts performance.
• Increases performance and threading headroom for multi-threaded applications and heavy
multi-tasking scenarios.
• Helps boost system utilization through virtualization and application responsiveness.
• Also available in dual-core SKUs (Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® processor 5200
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series).
Intel® Core™ Microarchitecture
• Better performance on multiple application types and user environments as well as data-demanding workloads.
• Reduced cooling challenges with performance-per-watt improvements, enabling denser data
center deployments.
Large 12 MB of On-die L2 Cache
(2 x 6 MB)
• Increases efciency of L2 Cache-to-core data transfers, maximizing main memory to processor bandwidth
and reducing latency.
• Reduces latency by storing larger data sets closer to the processor, reducing the number of trips to
main memory.
• Up to 6 MB of L2 Cache can be allocated to one core.
Intel® Virtualization Technology
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• Processor enhancements that assists virtualization software to deliver more efcient virtualization
solutions and greater capabilities including 64-bit guest OS support.
• Intel® VT FlexPriority, a new Intel® VT extension that optimizes virtualization software efciency by
improving interrupt handling.
• Intel® VT FlexMigration
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enables Intel Xeon processor 5400 and 5200 series-based systems to be added to
existing virtualization pools with single, 2, or 4+ socket Intel Core microarchitecture-based servers.
24 MB Snoop Filter
• Signicantly reduces data trafc on the FSBs, providing lower latencies and greater available bandwidth.
The snoop lter maintains an index of the current cached data in each processor, eliminating unnecessary
snoops and boosting available bandwidth.
Intel® I/O Acceleration Technology
(Intel® I/OAT)
• Moves data more efciently through Quad-Core and Dual-Core Intel Xeon processor-based servers for fast,
scalable, and reliable networking.
Fully Buffered DIMM (FBDIMM)
Technology
• Increasing memory speed to 800 MHz.
1600 MHz Front-Side Bus (FSB)
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Fast, dedicated interconnects for increased throughput.
Intel® 64 Architecture
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• Flexibility for 64-bit and 32-bit applications and operating systems.
PCIe* Gen 2
• 2x the bandwidth of previous-generation PCIe to reduce latency and improve the performance of
I/O-intensive applications.