Intel E5-2680 BX80621E52680 User Manual

Product codes

BX80621E52680

PAgE 4

the intelligent choice for evolving data centers

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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.

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visit www.intel.com/products/server/processor/xeonE5/index.htm

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.

Source: Performance comparison using best submitted/published 2-socket server results on the SPECfp*_rate_base2006 benchmark as of 6 March 2012. Baseline score of 271 published by Itautec on

the Servidor Itautec MX203* and Servidor Itautec MX223* platforms based on the prior generation Intel

Xeon

processor X5690. New score of 492 submitted for publication by Dell on the PowerEdge

T620 platform and Fujitsu on the PRIMERGY RX300 S7* platform based on the Intel

Xeon

processor E5-2690. For additional details, please visit http://www.spec.org. Intel does not control or audit the

design or implementation of third party benchmark data or Web sites referenced in this document. Intel encourages all of its customers to visit the referenced Web sites or others where similar performance

benchmark data are reported and confirm whether the referenced benchmark data are accurate and reflect performance of systems available for purchase.

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 http://www.intel.com/go/turbo

Performance comparison using Linpack benchmark. Baseline score of 159.4 based on Intel internal measurements as of 5 December 2011 using a Supermicro* X8DTN+ system with two Intel

Xeon

processor X5690, Turbo Enabled, EIST Enabled, Hyper-Threading Enabled, 48 GB RAM, Red Hat* Enterprise Linux Server 6.1 beta for x86_6. New score of 347.7 based on Intel internal measurements

using an Intel

Rose City platform with two Intel

Xeon

processor E5-2690, Turbo Enabled or Disabled, EIST Enabled, Hyper-Threading Enabled, 64 GB RAM, Red Hat* Enterprise Linux Server 6.1 beta

for x86_6.

Source: Intel internal measurements showing 62 percent, 78 percent, and 94 percent higher performance for the Intel Xeon processor E5 product family versus the Intel Xeon processor 5600 series on

the SPECfp*rate2006, STREAM, and Linpack benchmarks, respectively. Configurations: Benchmark: SPECfp*_rate2006 Intel Xeon processor E5 product family-based server: Intel

C606 Chipset-

based CRB system with two Intel

Xeon

Sandy Bridge EP B-0 Stepping Processors (8-Core, 2.7GHz, 20MB L3 cache, 8.0 GT/s), 8 x 4GB 1333 RDIMMs, Turbo Disabled, HT Disabled, Red Hat

Enterprise Linux 5.5, Kernel 2.6.35. Intel Xeon processor 5600 series-based server: Cisco B200-M1 system with two Intel

Xeon

X5690 Processors (6-Core, 3.46 GHz, 12MB L3 cache, 6.4 GT/s), 6 x

4GB 1333 RDIMMs, Turbo Enabled, HT Enabled, SuSe Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x86_64), Kernel 2.6.27-15-2-default RC4. Benchmark: Stream* Triad (Windows*) Intel Xeon processor E5 product

family-based server: Intel

C606 Chipset-based CRB system with two Intel

Xeon

Sandy Bridge EP B-0 Stepping Processors (8-Core, 2.7GHz, 20MB L3 cache, 8.0 GT/s), 8 x 8GB dual-rank 1600

RDIMMs (1 DPC), Turbo Enabled, HT Enabled, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2*, Intel internal Windows StreamMP. Source: Intel internal testing as of January 2011. Score (Normalized relative to

X5670 baseline): NTWs: 1.78, RFOs: 2.05. Intel Xeon processor 5600 series-based server: Intel

5520 Chipset-based CRB system with two Intel

Xeon

X5670 Processors (6-Core, 2.93GHz, 12MB

L3 cache, 6.4 GT/s), 6 x 4GB dual-rank 1333 RDIMMs (1 DPC), Turbo Enabled, HT Enabled, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2*, Intel internal Windows StreamMP. Source: Intel internal testing as of

January 2011. Score (Normalized relative to X5670 baseline): NTWs: 1.0, RFOs: 1.0. Benchmark: Linpack* Intel Xeon processor E5 product family-based server: Intel

C606 Chipset-based CRB system

with two Intel

Xeon

Sandy Bridge EP B-0 Stepping Processors (8-Core, 2.7GHz, 20MB L3 cache, 8.0 GT/s), 8 x 4GB 1333 RDIMMs, Turbo Disabled, HT Disabled, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5, Kernel

2.6.35. Intel Xeon processor 5600 series-based server: Cisco B200-M1 system with two Intel

Xeon

X5690 Processors (6-Core, 3.46 GHz, 12MB L3 cache, 6.4 GT/s), 6 x 4 GB 1333 RDIMMs, Turbo

Enabled/Disabled, HT Enabled/Disabled, SuSe Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x86_64), Kernel 2.6.27-15-2-default RC4.

Additional floating point throughput operations performance up to 70 percent claim based on performance comparisons using best measured 2- and 4-socket server results on the SPECfp*_rate_base2006

(Source: TR#1195) Baseline 2-socket populated Intel

C606 Chipset-based customer reference server using two Intel

Xeon

processors E5-2690 (8C, 20M Cache, 2.9GHz, 8.0GT/s Intel

QPI), 64GB

memory (8x 8GB DDR3-1600 DIMMs), Red Hat* Enterprise LINUX 6.1, Intel Compiler 12.0. Score: SPECfp_rate_base2006 = 486. New 4-socket populated Intel

C606 Chipset-based customer reference

server using four Intel

Xeon

processors E5-4650 (8C, 20M Cache, 2.7GHz, 8.0GT/s Intel® QPI), 128GB memory (16x 8GB DDR3-1600 DIMMs), Red Hat* Enterprise LINUX 6.1, Intel Compiler 12.1.

Score: SPECfp_rate_base2006 = 825.

Intel measurements of average time for an I/O device read to local system memory under idle conditions. Improvement compares Xeon processor E5-2600 product family (230 ns) vs. Xeon processor

5500 series (340 ns). Baseline Configuration: Green City system with two Intel

Xeon processor E5520 (2.26GHz, 4C), 12GB memory @ 1333, C-States Disabled, Turbo Disabled, SMT Disabled,

Rubicon* PCIe* 2.0 x8. New Configuration: Meridian system with two Intel

Xeon processor E5-2665 (C0 stepping, 2.4GHz, 8C), 32GB memory @1600 MHz, C-States Enabled, Turbo Enabled. The

measurements were taken with a LeCroy* PCIe* protocol analyzer using Intel internal Rubicon (PCIe* 2.0) and Florin (PCIe* 3.0) test cards running under Windows* 2008 R2 w/SP1.

8 GT/s and 128b/130b encoding in PCIe 3.0 specification enables double the interconnect bandwidth over the PCIe 2.0 specification. Source: http://www.pcisig.com/news_room/November_18_2010_

Press_Release/

Source: The claim of up to 2.3x I/O performance is based on Intel internal measurements comparing 1-socket SNB data for an L2 forwarding test using 8x10 GbE ports for the Intel

Xeon

processor E5

product family versus the Intel

Xeon

processor 5600 series.

Testing with Oracle Database Enterprise Edition 11.2.0.2 with Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) AES-256 shows as much as a 10x speedup when inserting one million rows 30 times into an empty table

on the Intel

Xeon processor X5680 (3.33 GHz, 36 MB RAM) using Intel IPP routines, compared to the Intel

Xeon

processor X5560 (2.93 GHz, 36 MB RAM) without Intel IPP.

No computer system can provide absolute security under all conditions. Intel

Trusted Execution Technology is a security technology under development by Intel and requires for operation a computer

system with Intel

Virtualization Technology, an Intel Trusted Execution Technology-enabled processor, chipset, BIOS, Authenticated Code Modules, and an Intel or other compatible measured virtual

machine monitor. In addition, Intel Trusted Execution Technology requires the system to contain a TPMv1.2 as defined by the Trusted Computing Group and specific software for some uses. See http://

www.intel.com/technology/security/ for more information. Intel

AES-NI requires a computer system with an AES-NI enabled processor, as well as non-Intel software to execute the instructions in the

correct sequence. AES-NI is available on select Intel

processors. For availability, consult your reseller or system manufacturer. For more information, see Intel

Advanced Encryption Standard Instructions

(AES-NI) http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/intel-advanced-encryption-standard-instructions-aes-ni/

“Power Surge. The heat is rising–and costs, too–as tightly packed servers consume gobs of electricity,” Darrell Dunn, InformationWeek, Feb. 27, 2006.

Intel

Intelligent Power Technology requires a computer system with an enabled Intel

processor, chipset, BIOS and for some features, an operating system enabled for it. Functionality or other benefits may

vary depending on hardware implementation and may require a BIOS and/or operating system update. Please check with your system vendor for details.