Intel X7460 BX80582X7460 User Manual

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BX80582X7460
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Configuration information for benchmarks in Figure 1.
Platform common configuration details: Intel server pre-production platform 
with four processors Intel
®
 Xeon
®
 Processor X7350 (2.93 GHz, with 2x4M 
L2 Cache) or Intel
®
 Xeon
®
 Processor X7460 (2.66 GHz with 16M L3 
Cache) 1066 MHz system bus, Intel
®
 7300 Chipset.
TPC*C benchmark
Intel
®
 Xeon
®
 processor X7350 - based platform details
 IBM System x3950* M2 platform with eight Intel
®
 Xeon
®
 processors X7350 
2.93 GHz (eight processors/32 cores/32 threads), 8 MB L2 cache, 512 GB 
memory, Microsoft Windows Server 2003* Enterprise x64 Ent. R2, Microsoft 
SQL Server 2005* Enterprise x64 Edition. Availability Date 4/1/2008. Application 
Result at http://www.tpc.org/tpcc/results/tpcc_result_detail asp?id=107102201.
Intel
®
 Xeon
®
 processor X7460 - based platform details
 IBM* System x3950 M2 platform with eight Intel
®
 Xeon
®
 processors  
X7460 (2.66 GHz, 16 MB L2 cache, 6 cores) 8 processors/48 cores/48 
threads), 512 GB memory, Red Hat Enterprise Linux Adv. Platform 5 
Update 2, IBM DB2 ESE 9.5*. Availability Date 12/10/2008. Application 
benchmark performance certified on Sept 19, 2008 by IBM. Referenced as 
published at 1,200,632 tpmC and $1.99/tmpC. For more information see 
http://www.tpc.org/tpcc/results/tpcc_result_detail.asp?id=108081902. 
Performance gain claim based on TPC-E* benchmark details 
Intel Xeon processor X7350 - based platform details
 Fujitsu Simens* Primergy RX600 S4 server platform with four Intel Xeon 
processors X7350 2.93 GHz, 2x4 MB L2 cache, 128 GB (32x4 GB) 
memory, Microsoft SQL Server 2008* Enterprise x64 Edition, Microsoft 
Windows Server 2008* Enterprise x64 Edition, TPC-E 492.32; Price/
Performance: USD 559.88. Availability Date 1/1/09; Processors/Cores/
Threats - 4/16/16; Application benchmark performance certified on Sept 
10, 2008 by Fujitsu Simens.
Intel Xeon processor X7460 -  based platform details
 IBM* System x 3850 M2 server platform with four Intel Xeon processors 
X7460 (2.66 GHz, 16 MB L2 cache, 6 cores), 128 GB memory, Microsoft 
SQL Server 2008 Enterprise x64 Edition, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 
Enterprise x64 Edition, TPC-E 729.65; Price/Performance: USD  457.27. 
Availability Date 10/31/08; Processors/Cores/Threats - 4/24/24; Application 
benchmark performance certified on Sept 15, 2008 by IBM.
Reduced Platform power claim based on vConsolidate benchmark  
on VMware ESX Server results
 Comparison between Intel Xeon Processor 7400 and 7300 series based 
on vConsolidate benchmark result measured on Vmware ESX Server 
v3.5.0 by Intel corporation in September 2008.
Virtualization benchmark
vConsolidate on VMware* ESX Server 3.5 benchmark details -  
Configuration Details
Intel Xeon processor X7460, platform details: 4U Intel
®
 S7000FC4UR (Fox 
Cove) Qual Server with four Intel Xeon X7460 (6-core, 16 M cache, 2.66 
GHz, 1066FSB), 32 GB memory (16 2 GB FB-DIMM 667 MHz Kingston* 
KVR667D2D4F5/4G), Fibre Channel Adapter: 2* HBA Dual-Port QLE2462 
PCIe* (one idle), storage configuration: EMC Clarion* CX3-40f 4Gb 15-slot 
array. Single RAID controller with 4 GB cache and a battery, dual PSMs 
with dual AC inputs. RAID 0, SAN: 10 Hitachi* 146 GB 15 K RAID 0 FC 
HDD, 2 DELTA* DSP-1570BB, Fans: 8, VMware* ESX Server 3.5 Update 
2 RC (Build 94067). 
Intel Xeon processor X7350, platform details: 4U Intel
®
 S7000FC4UR  
(Fox Cove) Qual Server with four Intel Xeon X7350 (8 M cache, 2.93 GHz, 
1066FSB) , 32 GB memory (16 2 GB FB-DIMM 667MHz Kingston* 
KVR667D2D4F5/4G), Fibre Channel Adapter: 2  HBA* Dual-Port  
QLE2462 PCIe (one idle), Storage configuration: EMC Clarion*  
CX3-40f 4 Gb 15-slot array. Single RAID controller with 4 GB cache  
and a battery, dual PSMs with dual AC inputs. RAID 0, SAN: 10  
Hitachi* 146 GB 15 K RAID 0 FC HDD, 2  DELTA* DSP-1570BB,  
Fans: 8, VMware* ESX Server 3.5 Update 1 GA (build 82663). 
SAP SD claim
Intel Xeon processor X7350 -  based platform details
 IBM* x3850 M2 server platform with four Intel Xeon processors X7350 (2.93 
GHz 4 processors/16 cores/16 threads), 8 MB L2 cache, 64 GB memory, 
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition, IBM DB2 9, SAP ERP 
Release 6.0(2005). Referenced as published at 3,780 users. Certification 
2007068 (PDF 41KB).
Intel Xeon processor X7460 -  based platform details
 HP ProLiant* DL580 G5 server platform with four Intel Xeon processors 
X7460 (2.66 GHz, 16 MB L2 cache, 6 cores), 24 cores, 24 threads, 64 GB 
memory, Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition, Microsoft 
SQL Server 2005, SAP ERP Release 6.0(2005). Referenced as published  
at 5,155 users. Results submitted for publication to www.SAP.com. 
 SunFire* x4450 server platform with four Intel Xeon processors X7460 
(2.66 GHz, 16 MB L2 cache, 6 cores), 24 cores, 24 threads, 80 GB 
memory, Solaris* 10 OS, MaxDB 7.6 Database, SAP ERP Release 
6.0(2005) – unicode version. Referenced as published at 4,600 users. 
Certification 2008051. 
SPEC_int* claim
Intel Xeon processor X7350 - based platform details
 IBM* System x3850 M2 Server platform with four Intel Xeon processors 
X7350 2.93 GHz, 2x4 MB L2 cache, 16 x 4GB DDR2-PC5300, 64-Bit 
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 Kernel Linux, Intel C++ Compiler  
for Linux32 and Linux64 Version 10.1 Build 20070725. Results submitted  
to www.spec.org as of Sept 4, 2007 at 184(SPECint_rate_base2006). 
 Lenovo* R630 G7 platform with four Xeon processors X7350 2.93 GHz, 
2x4 MB L2 cache, 16GB memory (16x1 GB Samsung* DDR2 5300F, 2 
rank, CL5-5-5, ECC), disk Seagate* 1x73 GB 10 krpm SAS, 64-Bit SUSE 
Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 kernel linux-cbgm 2.6.16.43-0.5-smp for 
x86_64, Intel C++ Compiler for Linux32 and Linux64 Version 10.1 Build 
20070725. Referenced as published at 178(SPECint_rate_base2006)  
and 214(SPECint_rate2006).
Intel Xeon processor X7460 -  based platform details
 Fujitsu Siemens* Primergy RX600 S4 server platform with four Intel Xeon 
processors X7460 (2.66 GHz, 16 MB L2 cache, 6 cores), 64 GB Memory 
PC2-5300F CL5-5, Disk 73 GB 15 k SAS, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 
10 (x86_64) SP2, Kernel 2.6.16.60-0.21-smp, Intel C++ Compiler 11.0  
for Linux Build 20080730 Package ID: l_cc_b_11.0.042. Reference as 
published at 268(SPECint_rate_base2006) and 291(SPECint_rate2006). 
Benchmark performed on Aug, 2008 by Fujitsu Siemens Computers.
SPEC_jbb*
Intel
®
 Xeon
®
 processor X7350 - based platform details for BEA JVM:  
Dell PowerEdge* R900 server platform with four Intel Xeon processors 
X7350 2.93 GHz, 8 MB L2 Cache, 1066 MHz FSB, 64 GB memory, BEA 
JRockit* 6.0 P27.4.0 build P27.4.0-10-90053-1.6.0_02-20071009-1827-
Windows-x86_64, Microsoft Windows server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition 
SP1. Referenced as published at 446,209 bops and 55,776 bops/JVM.  
For more information see http://www.spec.org/jbb2005/results/res2007q4/
jbb2005-20071105-00410.html. 
Intel Xeon processor X7350-based platform details for Sun JVM: Sun Fire*  
X4450 server platform with four Intel Xeon processors X7350 2.93 GHz, 8 
MB L2 Cache, 1066 MHz FSB, 64 GB memory, Java HotSpot* 32-Bit server 
VM on Solaris, version 1.6.0_06 Performance Release. Referenced as 
published at 464,355 bops and 58,044 bops/JVM. For more information 
see http://www.spec.org/osg/jbb2005/results/res2008q2/jbb2005-
20080506-00485.html.
VMmark benchmark configuration details
Intel
®
 Xeon
®
 processor X7350-based platform: HP Proliant* DL580 G5 server 
platform with four Intel Xeon processors X7350 2.93 GHz, 2x4 MB L2 cache, 
64 GB (16x4 GB) FBDimm memory, VMware ESX 3.5.0 Update 1, Vmmark 
v1.1 benchmark. Referenced as published at 14.14 @ 10 tiles. For more 
information see http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/vmmark/vmmark_hp5.pdf.
Intel
®
 Xeon
®
 processor X7460-based platform: Dell PowerEdge R900* 
server platform with four Intel Xeon Processors X7460 (2.66 GHz, 16 MB 
L2 cache, 6 cores), 96 GB memory (24x4 GB 667 MHz ECC CL5 DDR2 
dual rank), VMware ESX Server v3.5.0 Update 1, VMmark v1.1. Measured 
at score 18.49 @ 14 tiles. For more information, see http://www.vmware.
com/files/pdf/vmmark/vmmark_dell_R900.pdf.
Intel
®
 Xeon
®
 processor X7460-based platform: IBM System* x3850 M2 
server platform with four Intel Xeon Processors X7460 (2.66 GHz, 16 MB 
L2 cache, 6 cores), 96 GB memory (24x4 GB 667 MHz ECC CL5 DDR2 
dual rank), VMware ESX Server v3.5.0 Update 2, VMmark v1.1. Measured 
at score 19.1 @ 14 tiles. For more information, see http://www.vmware.
com/files/pdf/vmmark/vmmark_ibm4.pdf.
AMD Opteron* processor-based platform details: HP Proliant* DL585 G5 
using 4x Quad-Core AMD Opteron processor 8360SE (2.5 GHz, 4 sockets/ 
16 total cores/16 total threads), VMware ESX v3.5.0 Update 1, VMmark 
v1.0. Submitted July 28, 2008. 14.74 @ 10 tiles. For more information, 
see http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/vmmark/vmmark_hp3.pdf.
Intel
®
 Xeon
®
 processor X5470-based platform: Dell PowerEdge M600* 
server platform with two Intel Xeon Processors X5470 (3.33GHz, 6x2MB 
L2 cache, 4 cores), 32 GB memory (8x4 GB 667 MHz ECC CL5 DDR2 dual 
rank), VMware ESX Server v3.5.0 Update 2, VMmark v1.1. Measured at 
score 8.97 @ 6 tiles and submitted to HYPERLINK “http://www.vmware.com/”.
vConsolidate on Microsoft Hyper-V benchmark details
 Comparison between Intel
®
 Xeon
®
 Processor 7400 and 7300 Series based  
on vConsolidate benchmark result published on Microsoft Windows Server 
Hyper-V by Principled Technologies http://www.principledtechnologies.com/
Clients/Reports/Intel/vConHV2Sys0908.pdf as of September 2008. 
Intel Xeon processor X7460 and X7350-based platform details 
 Intel server software development platform (Foxcove) with four Intel  
Xeon processors X7460 (2.66 GHz, 16 M L3 Cache, 6-cores) or X7350 
(2.93 GHz, 8 M L2 Cache, 4-cores) 1066 MHz system bus, 8 MB L2 
cache, Clarksboro chipset, 16x4 GB memory FBD PC2-5300F, maximum 
performance achieved using five CSUs for X7350 and 6 CSUs for X7460. 
vConsolidate version 2.0 profile 2.
1.  Performance gain claim based on TPC-E Benchmark running Intel
®
 Xeon
®
 processor 
X7350-based platform vs. Intel
®
 Xeon
®
 processor X7460-based platform results 
September 2008; configuration details above. Reduced Platform power claim based 
on vConsolidate Benchmark on VMware ESX Server results; configuration details 
above. Comparison between Intel
®
 Xeon
®
 Processor 7400 and 7300 Series based 
on vConsolidate benchmark result measured on VMware ESX Server v3.5.0 by Intel 
Corporation in September 2008.
2.  Virtualization performance gain claim based on vConsolidate benchmark running 
Intel Xeon processor 7350 vs. Intel Xeon processor 7460 results September 2008; 
configuration details above.
3.  Intel Virtualization Technology requires a computer system with a processor, chipset, 
BIOS, virtual machine monitor (VMM), and applications enabled for virtualization 
technology. Functionality, performance or other virtualization technology benefits will 
vary depending on hardware and software configurations. Virtualization technology-
enabled BIOS and VMM applications are currently in development.
4. Compared to previous generation processors.
5.  Comparing Intel
®
 Xeon
®
 X7350 with 8 MB of L2 to Intel
®
 Xeon
®
 X7460 with 16 MB 
Shared L3.
6.  Performance gain claim based on TPC-E Benchmark running Intel
®
 Xeon
®
 processor 
X7350-based platform vs. Intel
®
 Xeon
®
 processor X7460-based platform results 
September 2008; configuration details above. Reduced Platform power claim based 
on vConsolidate Benchmark on VMware ESX Server results; configuration details 
above. Comparison between Intel
®
 Xeon
®
 Processor 7400 and 7300 Series based 
on vConsolidate benchmark result measured on VMware ESX Server v3.5.0 by Intel 
Corporation in September 2008.
7.  Virtualization performance gain claim based on vConsolidate benchmark running 
Intel Xeon processor 7350 vs. Intel Xeon processor 7460 results September 2008; 
configuration details above.
8.  ERP performance claim based on SAP-SD* benchmark results September 2008; 
configuration details above.
9.  Performance gain claim based on TPC-E Benchmark running Intel
®
 Xeon
®
 processor 
X7350-based platform vs. Intel
®
 Xeon
®
 processor X7460-based platform results 
September 2008; configuration details above. Reduced Platform power claim based
on vConsolidate Benchmark on VMware ESX Server results; configuration details 
above. Comparison between Intel
®
 Xeon
®
 Processor 7400 and 7300 Series based 
on vConsolidate benchmark result measured on VMware ESX Server v3.5.0 by Intel 
Corporation in September 2008.
10.  Performance gain claim based on TPC-E Benchmark running Intel
®
 Xeon
®
 processor 
X7350-based platform vs. Intel
®
 Xeon
®
 processor X7460-based platform results 
September 2008; configuration details above. Reduced Platform power claim based 
on vConsolidate Benchmark on VMware ESX Server results; configuration details 
above. Comparison between Intel
®
 Xeon
®
 Processor 7400 and 7300 Series based 
on vConsolidate benchmark result measured on VMware ESX Server v3.5.0 by Intel 
Corporation in September 2008.
11.  Intel
®
 processor numbers are not a measure of performance. Processor numbers 
differentiate features within each processor series, not across different processor 
sequences. See http://www.intel.com/products/processor_number for details.
12. As compared to previous platforms.
13. Over previous generations.
Performance data is accurate at time of document publication. For latest performance information, visit www.intel.com/performance.