Intel Xeon® Processor E5520 (8M Cache, 2.26 GHz, 5.86 GT/s QPI) BX80602E5520 User Manual
Product codes
BX80602E5520
Application performance is critical for day-to-day business operations,
as well as creating new products and reaching new customers. But
many data centers are now at capacity, and new data centers are
expensive to build. By refreshing data center infrastructure with
more efficient servers, you can deliver additional performance
and scalability within the same energy and space footprint.
as well as creating new products and reaching new customers. But
many data centers are now at capacity, and new data centers are
expensive to build. By refreshing data center infrastructure with
more efficient servers, you can deliver additional performance
and scalability within the same energy and space footprint.
The Intel Xeon processor 5500 series, with Intel Microarchitecture
Nehalem, brings intelligent performance to the most trusted server
architecture. The Intel Xeon processor 5500 series is the world’s
most adaptable server platform, adjusting performance and power
usage in real time to meet the exact requirements of your computing
workloads, while allowing manual adjustment for IT control.
Nehalem, brings intelligent performance to the most trusted server
architecture. The Intel Xeon processor 5500 series is the world’s
most adaptable server platform, adjusting performance and power
usage in real time to meet the exact requirements of your computing
workloads, while allowing manual adjustment for IT control.
The Intel Xeon processor 5500 series brings together a number of
innovative technologies to deliver intelligent performance:
innovative technologies to deliver intelligent performance:
• Intel® Turbo Boost Technology, together with Intel® Intelligent
Power Technology, delivers performance on demand, letting proces-
sors operate above the rated frequency to speed specific workloads
and reduce power consumption during low utilization periods.
sors operate above the rated frequency to speed specific workloads
and reduce power consumption during low utilization periods.
• Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology
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benefits from larger caches
and massive memory bandwidth, delivering greater throughput
and responsiveness for multi-threaded applications.
and responsiveness for multi-threaded applications.
• Intel® QuickPath Technology and an integrated memory controller
speed traffic between processors and I/O controllers for bandwidth-
intensive applications, delivering up to 3.5x the bandwidth for
technical computing.
intensive applications, delivering up to 3.5x the bandwidth for
technical computing.
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The intelligent performance of the Intel Xeon processor 5500 series
also gives IT fine-grained manual control to adapt to changing priorities
or to meet service-level agreements (SLAs). For example, Intel Intelligent
Power Technology enables policy-based control that allows processors
to operate at optimal frequency and power. The operating systems can
make this determination automatically, or administrators can designate
which applications require high-frequency processing and which should
be executed at lower frequencies to conserve power.
also gives IT fine-grained manual control to adapt to changing priorities
or to meet service-level agreements (SLAs). For example, Intel Intelligent
Power Technology enables policy-based control that allows processors
to operate at optimal frequency and power. The operating systems can
make this determination automatically, or administrators can designate
which applications require high-frequency processing and which should
be executed at lower frequencies to conserve power.
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Performance That Adapts to Your Software Environment
Integrated
Power Gates
Quad-Core with
Hyper-Threading
Intel®
Turbo Boost
Technology
Automated
Lower Power
States
Software Adaptable
Performance
IT Adaptable
Energy Efficiency
The processor adapts
to the way your application
wants to run
to the way your application
wants to run
Maximizes performance
by adapting to the workload
through Intel® Turbo Boost
Technology and Intel®
Hyper-Threading Technology
by adapting to the workload
through Intel® Turbo Boost
Technology and Intel®
Hyper-Threading Technology
You can enable automatic
operation or selectively configure
for manual control
operation or selectively configure
for manual control
Automatically puts CPU into the
lowest available power state while
still meeting performance requirements
lowest available power state while
still meeting performance requirements
World’s Most Adaptable Server Platform
Intel® Xeon® Processor 5500 Series
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