IBM Xeon E5345 44W3101 User Manual

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Maximize performance, 
performance/watt, and data 
center density with the industry’s
first quad-core technology

With 4 cores, large 8 MB of on-die L2 cache,

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and the performance-enhancing and energy-

efficient technologies of the Intel Core microar-

chitecture, the Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor

5300 series helps IT departments maximize

performance and density with fewer cooling

challenges. Many server applications are well-

threaded as a result of years of running in 

symmetric multi-processing environments.

Well-threaded server applications will benefit

from more cores, larger cache, and higher

throughput and memory capacity of Quad-

Core Intel Xeon processor 5300 series-based

servers and the Intel Core microarchitecture.

Find out more about Intel Core microarchitecture

at 

http://www.intel.com/technology/

architecture-silicon/core/index.htm

.

Platforms based on the Quad-Core Intel Xeon

processor 5300 series also support many

Intel® advanced server technologies that help

companies enhance operations, reduce costs,

and improve business continuity: 

• Intel® Virtualization Technology

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(Intel® VT) 

provides hardware assistance to virtualiza-

tion software, increasing its efficiency and

enabling new capabilities including 64-bit

guest OS support. The new Quad-Core Intel

Xeon processor 5300

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includes new Intel VT

extensions to further optimize and acceler-

ate virtualization on Intel® architecture.

• Intel® I/O Acceleration Technology

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(Intel®

I/OAT) provides, hardware- and software-

supported I/O acceleration that significantly

improves data throughput. 

A More Efficient Data Center

Two-processor platforms based on the Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® processor 5300

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series and the Intel® Core™ microarchitecture help companies maximize data

center performance and density, while reducing cooling challenges. Platforms

based on Intel’s new quad-core technology make it easier to deliver more

business services in existing facilities, or condense applications for more 

efficient operations at lower total cost of ownership (TCO). 

Two-processor platforms based on the Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor 5300

series deliver 8-thread, 32- and 64-bit processing capabilities with 8 MB of L2

cache per processor,

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providing more computing for threaded applications in a

variety of deployments. The Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor 5300 series is 

ideal for the densest of computing environments where best performance 

and performance per watt are key requirements. Supported by the Intel® 5000

chipset family and Fully Buffered DIMM (FBDIMM) technology, Quad-Core Intel

Xeon processor 5300 series-based platforms are expected to deliver break-

through performance with better power efficiency, delivering up to 1.5 times 

the performance compared to leading Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® processor 5100

series in the same power envelope and up to 2.4 times the performance

compared to the best published results of AMD Opteron* Model 2222.

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