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6.
performance/watt (only
10W
per core;
5.86GTps
QPI speed),
12MB
of shared
L3
cache,
1333MHz
memory access, 2 threads per core, and Intel Turbo Boost technology; supported in all BladeCenter
chassis, except BladeCenter T
•
80W
4-core Xeon
5600
series models
E5640
or
E5620
at 2.66 or 2.4GHz (respectively), with
reduced power draw and impressive performance/watt (only
20W
per core;
5.86GTps
QPI speed),
12MB
of shared
L3
cache,
1066MHz
memory access, 2 threads per core, and Intel Turbo Boost
technology; supported in all BladeCenter chassis, except BladeCenter T
•
80W
4-core Xeon
5600
series model
E5607
running at 2.26GHz, with reduced power draw
and
impressive performance/watt (
20W
per core;
4.8GTps
QPI speed),
8MB
of L3 processor cache, and
1066MHz
memory access
•
80W
4-core Xeon
5600
series model
E5603
running at 1.6GHz, with reduced power draw and
impressive performance/watt (
20W
per core;
4.8GTps
QPI speed),
8MB
or
4MB
(respectively) of L3
processor cache, and
1066MHz
memory access
•
80W
4-core Xeon 5500 series model
E5507
at 2.26GHz, with reduced power draw and impressive
performance/watt (only
20W
per core;
4.8GTps
QPI speed),
4MB
of shared
L3
cache, and
800MHz
memory access; supported in all BladeCenter chassis, except BladeCenter T
•
80W 2
-
core
Xeon 5500 series model
E5503
at 2.0GHz, with reduced power draw and impressive
performance/watt (only
20W
per core;
4.8GTps
QPI speed),
4MB
of shared
L3
cache, and
800MHz
memory access; supported in all BladeCenter chassis, except BladeCenter T
Also available, via configure-to-order (CTO):
•
130W
4-core Xeon
5600
series model
X5687
running at 3.6GHz,
with impressive
performance
(
32.5W
per core;
6.4GTps
QPI speed),
12MB
of L3 processor cache,
1333MHz
memory access, 2
threads per core, and Intel Turbo Boost technology; supported in all BladeCenter chassis, except
BladeCenter E and BladeCenter T
•
80W 6-core
Xeon
5600
series models
E5645
at 2.4GHz, with reduced power draw and impressive
performance/watt (only
13.33W
per core;
5.86GTps
QPI speed),
12MB
of shared
L3
cache,
1333MHz
memory access, 2 threads per core, and Intel Turbo Boost technology; supported in all
BladeCenter chassis, except BladeCenter T
•
60W 6-core
Xeon
5600
series
low-voltage
model
L5630
running
at 2.0GHz, with low power draw
and amazing performance/watt (only
10W
per core;
5.86GTps
QPI speed),
12MB
of L3 processor
cache, and
1066MHz
memory access; supported in all BladeCenter chassis, except BladeCenter T
•
40W
4-core Xeon
5600
series
low-voltage
model
L5609
running
at 1.86GHz, with extremely low
power draw and amazing performance/watt (only
10W
per core;
4.8GTps
QPI speed),
12MB
of L3
processor cache, and
1066MHz
memory access; supported in all BladeCenter chassis, except
BladeCenter T
•
80W
4-core Xeon
5600
series model
E5606
running at 2.13GHz, with reduced power draw and
impressive performance/watt (
20W
per core;
4.8GTps
QPI speed),
8MB
of L3 processor cache, and
1066MHz
memory access; supported in all BladeCenter chassis, except BladeCenter T
Also available, via special bid:
•
40W
4-core Xeon
5600
series
low-voltage
model
L5618
running
at 1.86GHz, with extremely low
power draw and amazing performance/watt (only
10W
per core;
5.86GTps
QPI speed),
12MB
of L3
processor cache, and
1066MHz
memory access, 2 threads per core, and Intel Turbo Boost
technology; supported in all BladeCenter chassis, except BladeCenter T
Note:
Because of the integrated memory controllers the former front-side bus (FSB) no longer
exists.
With the Xeon 5600 series and 5500 series processors, Intel has diverged from its traditional
Symmetric Multiprocessing (SMP) architecture to a Non-Uniform Memory Access (NUMA)
architecture. The Xeon 5500 processors are connected through a serial coherency link called
QuickPath Interconnect (QPI). QPI is capable of 6.4, 5.6 or 4.8 GTps (gigatransfers per second),
depending on the processor model. Put another way, the 5600 series and 5500 series
processors offer
3.6 times
the bandwidth of the previous 5400 series processors.
The
six-core Xeon
processors contain
six complete processor cores
. The processors also
contain one shared
cache. The shared cache is dynamically allocated among cores as needed.
The six cores appear to software as six physical processors. Six-core processors offer
considerably higher performance than a same-speed Xeon processor with four cores.
Turbo Boost Technology
dynamically turns off unused processor cores and increases the clock
speed of the cores in use, by up to two model frequencies. For example, a
2.93GHz
6-core
X5670
processor with
3-6
cores active can run the cores at
3.2GHz
. With only
one
or
two
cores
active, the same processor can run those cores at
3.33GHz
. Similarly, a
3.46GHz
4-core X5677
processor can run at
3.6GHz
or even
3.73GHz
. When the cores are needed again, they are
dynamically turned back on and the processor frequency is adjusted accordingly.
Intelligent Power Capability
powers individual processor elements on and off as needed, to
reduce power draw.
