Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2400 Product Family Overview

Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2400 Product Family

Completing the Intel® Xeon® processor E5 family is the entry dual socket server processor, the Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2400 product family, which supports core features of the Intel Xeon processor E5 family such as Intel® Integrated I/O, Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0, and Intel® Trusted Execution Technology. These processors offer growing small and medium businesses an easy path to the higher performance and reliability of an Intel Xeon processor E5 family-based platform. The Intel Xeon processor E5-2400 product family delivers up to 3x better performance then the Intel® Xeon® processor E3-1200v2 product family and enables higher system densities and lower total cost of ownership compared to a single socket server solution.

2-socket Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2470-based platforms deliver up to 3x better performance than Intel® Xeon® processor E3-1280v2-based platforms:

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CPU2006 is SPEC's next-generation, industry-standardized, CPU-intensive benchmark suite, stressing a system's processor, memory subsystem, and compiler. SPEC designed CPU2006 to provide a comparative measure of compute-intensive performance across the widest practical range of hardware using workloads developed from real user applications. These benchmarks are provided as source code and require the user to be comfortable using compiler commands as well as other commands via a command interpreter using a console or command prompt window in order to generate executable binaries.

SPECjbb*2005 (Java Server Benchmark) is SPEC's benchmark for evaluating the performance of server side Java. Like its predecessor, SPECjbb*2000, SPECjbb*2005 evaluates the performance of server-side Java by emulating a three-tier client/server system (with emphasis on the middle tier). The benchmark exercises the implementations of the JVM (Java Virtual Machine), JIT (Just-In-Time) compiler, garbage collection, threads, and some aspects of the operating system. It also measures the performance of CPUs, caches, memory hierarchy, and the scalability of shared memory processors (SMPs). SPECjbb*2005 provides a new enhanced workload, implemented in a more object-oriented manner to reflect how real-world applications are designed and introduces new features, such as XML processing and BigDecimal computations, to make the benchmark a more realistic reflection of today's applications.

SPEC and the benchmark name SPECint*, SPECfp* and SPECjbb* are registered trademarks of the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation.

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Configuration Details

Based on Intel measurements as of May 14, 2012.

SPECfp*_rate_base2006 Configuration Details:

Intel® Xeon® processor E3-1280v2 score of 190 SPECint*_rate_base_2006 (estimate) based on Intel® C206 Chipset-based platform with one Intel® Xeon® processor E3-1280V2 (8M cache, 3.60 GHz, E0 stepping), Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology enabled, Intel® Turbo Boost Technology enabled, Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology enabled, 16 GB memory (2x 8 GB DDR3-1600 ECC UDIMM), 160 GB SATA 7200 RPM HDD, Red Hat* Enterprise Linux Server 6.2 with kernel: 2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64. Compiler version: 12.1.0.225 of Intel® C++ Studio XE and Intel® Fortran. Source: Intel® TR1252 using SPEC CPU2006 v1.2 ic12.1.09oct2011 on Linux* x86_64.

Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2470 score of 284 SPECint*_rate_base_2006 (estimate) based on Intel® C606 Chipset-based platform with one Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2470 (8-core 2.3GHz, 20M L3 cache, 8.0 GT/s, 95W, C1-stepping), Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology enabled, Intel® Turbo Boost Technology enabled, Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology enabled, 24 GB memory (8x 8 GB DDR3-1600 REG ECC), 160 GB SATA 7200 RPM HDD, Red Hat* Enterprise Linux Server 6.1 with kernel 2.6.32-131.0.15.el6.x86_64. Compiler version: 12.1.0.225 of Intel® C++ Studio XE and Intel® Fortran. Source: Intel® TR1229 using SPEC CPU2006 v1.2 ic12.1.09oct2011 on Linux* x86_64.

Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2470 score of 545 SPECint*_rate_base_2006 (estimate) based on Intel® C606 Chipset-based platform with two Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2470 (8-core 2.3GHz, 20M L3 cache, 8.0 GT/s, 95W, C1-stepping), Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology enabled, Intel® Turbo Boost Technology enabled, Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology enabled, 48 GB memory (8x 8 GB DDR3-1600 REG ECC), 160 GB SATA 7200 RPM HDD, Red Hat* Enterprise Linux Server 6.1 with kernel 2.6.32-131.0.15.el6.x86_64. Compiler version: 12.1.0.225 of Intel® C++ Studio XE and Intel® Fortran. Source: Intel® TR1229 using SPEC CPU2006 v1.2 ic12.1.09oct2011 on Linux* x86_64.

SPECfp*_rate_base2006 Configuration Details:

Intel® Xeon® processor E3-1280v2 score of 135 SPECfp*_rate_base_2006 (estimate) based on Intel® C206 Chipset-based platform with one Intel® Xeon® processor E3-1280V2 (8M cache, 3.60 GHz, E0 stepping), Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology enabled, Intel® Turbo Boost Technology enabled, Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology enabled, 16 GB memory (2x 8 GB DDR3-1600 ECC UDIMM), 160 GB SATA 7200 RPM HDD, Red Hat* Enterprise Linux Server 6.2 with kernel: 2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64. Compiler version: 12.1.0.225 of Intel® C++ Studio XE and Intel® Fortran. Source: Intel® TR1252 using SPEC CPU2006 v1.2 ic12.1.09oct2011 on Linux* x86_64.

Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2470 score of 201 SPECfp*_rate_base_2006 (estimate) based on Intel® C606 Chipset-based platform with one Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2470 (8-core 2.3 GHz, 20M L3 cache, 8.0GT/s, 95W, C1-stepping), Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology enabled, Intel® Turbo Boost Technology enabled, Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology enabled, 24 GB memory (8x 8 GB DDR3-1600 REG ECC), 160 GB SATA 7200 RPM HDD, Red Hat* Enterprise Linux Server 6.1 with kernel 2.6.32-131.0.15.el6.x86_64. Compiler version: 12.1.0.225 of Intel® C++ Studio XE and Intel® Fortran. Source: Intel® TR1229 using SPEC CPU2006 v1.2 ic12.1.09oct2011 on Linux* x86_64.

Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2470 score of 389 SPECfp*_rate_base_2006 (estimate) based on Intel® C606 Chipset-based platform with two Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2470 (8-core 2.3GHz, 20M L3 cache, 8.0 GT/s, 95W, C1-stepping), Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology enabled, Intel® Turbo Boost Technology enabled, Hyper-Threading enabled, 48 GB memory (8x 8 GB DDR3-1600 REG ECC), 160 GB SATA 7200 RPM HDD, Red Hat* Enterprise Linux Server 6.1 with kernel 2.6.32-131.0.15.el6.x86_64. Compiler version: 12.1.0.225 of Intel® C++ Studio XE and Intel® Fortran. Source: Intel® TR1229 using SPEC CPU2006 v1.2 ic12.1.09oct2011 on Linux* x86_64.

SPECjbb*2005 Configuration Details:

Intel® Xeon® processor E3-1280v2 score of 418,575 SPECjbb2005 bops based Intel® C206 Chipset-based platform with one Intel® Xeon® processor E3-1280v2 (Quad-core, 3.6 GHz, 8 MB L3 cache, E0-stepping), Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology enabled, Intel® Turbo Boost Technology enabled,Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology enabled, 8 GB memory (2x 4 GB DDR3-1600 UDIMM), 64G 3 Gb/s SATA SSD , Microsoft Windows* 2008 R2 SP1. Java SE Runtime Environment* (build 1.6.0_30-b12), Java HotSpot* 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.5-b03, mixed mode). Source: Intel® TR1278.

Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2470 score of 661,861 SPECjbb2005 bops based on Intel® C606 Chipset-based platform with one Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2470 (8-core 2.3 GHz, 20M L3 cache, 8.0 GT/s, 95W, C1-stepping), Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology enabled, Intel® Turbo Boost Technology enabled, Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology enabled, 24 GB memory (3x 8 GB DDR3-1600 RDIMM), 64 GB SATA SSD, Microsoft Windows* 2008 R2 Enterprise. Java SE Runtime Environment* (build 1.6.0_27-b07), Java HotSpot* 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.2-b06, mixed mode). Source: Intel® TR1230.

Intel® Xeon® processor 2S E5-2470 score of 1,305,471 SPECjbb2005 bops based on Intel® C606 Chipset-based platform with two Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2470 (8-core 2.3 GHz, 20M L3 cache, 8.0 GT/s, 95W, C1-stepping), Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology enabled, Intel® Turbo Boost Technology enabled, Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology enabled, 48 GB memory (3x 8 GB DDR3-1600 RDIMM), 64 GB SATA SSD, Microsoft Windows* 2008 R2 Enterprise. Java SE Runtime Environment* (build 1.6.0_27-b07), Java HotSpot* 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.2-b06, mixed mode). Source: Intel® TR1230.

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Product and Performance Information

1. Software and workloads used in performance tests may have been optimized for performance only on Intel® microprocessors. Performance tests, such as SYSmark* and MobileMark*, are measured using specific computer systems, components, software, operations, and functions. Any change to any of those factors may cause the results to vary. You should consult other information and performance tests to assist you in fully evaluating your contemplated purchases, including the performance of that product when combined with other products.

2. Relative performance for each benchmark is calculated by taking the actual benchmark result for the first platform tested and assigning it a value of 1.0 as a baseline. Relative performance for the 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.

3. Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology: See the Processor Spec Finder at http://ark.intel.com or contact your Intel representative for more information.

4. 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 www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/architecture-and-technology/turbo-boost/turbo-boost-technology.html.

5. Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology (Intel® HT Technology) requires a computer system with a processor supporting Intel HT Technology and an Intel HT Technology-enabled chipset, BIOS, and operating system. Performance will vary depending on the specific hardware and software used. For more information including details on which processors support Intel HT Technology, visit www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/architecture-and-technology/hyper-threading/hyper-threading-technology.html.

6. 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/content/www/us/en/processors/processor-numbers.html for details.

7. Intel® products are not intended for use in medical, life-saving, life-sustaining, critical control, or safety systems, or in nuclear facility applications. All dates and products specified are for planning purposes only and are subject to change without notice.

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