Intel Quad-Core Xeon X5482a, Quad-Core Xeon E5462, Quad-Core Xeon X5472, Quad-Core Xeon E5472, Quad-Core Xeon X5460 Features And Benefits
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Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor 5400 Series
45nm Reference Guide
45NM QUAD-CORE
INTEL® XEON® 5400
SERIES PROCESSORS:
Featuring the Revolutionary 45nm
enhanced Intel® Core™ microarchitecture
45nm technology is expected to fuel ongoing performance advantages for years to
come. It signicantly increases transistor
density over previous-generation Intel
65nm technology.
45nm Intel Xeon processor 5400 series:
820 million transistors
Previous-generation Intel® Xeon®
processor 5300 series: 582 million
transistors
More transistors means more capability,
performance and energy efciency from
enhancements that include expanded power management capabilities, enhancements
designed to reduce virtualization overhead
and 47 new Intel® SSE4 instructions which
can help improve the performance of
media and HPC applications.
Continued industry leadership in
performance per watt
• Up to 25% better performance than the
previous-generation Quad-Core Intel®
Xeon® processor
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• Up to 2x better performance than a
Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® processor
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Superior energy efciency
• Up to 38% improvement in performance
per watt vs. previous-generation
quad-core
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• 3 GHz quad-core at 80W
Multi-core Processing
• 45nm technology boosts performance on a wide range of workloads
• Increased headroom for multi-threaded applications and heavy multitasking scenarios
• Helps boost system utilization through virtualization and application responsiveness
• Platform-compatible with other Quad-Core and Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® processors for ease
of migration and IT stability
Enhanced Intel® Core™ Microarchitecture
• Boosts performance on multiple applications/user environments and data-demanding
workloads, while enabling denser data center deployments through improved performance
per watt
• New 45nm Enhanced Intel® Core™microarchitecture delivers up to 38% more performance
per watt in the same platforms and at the same system power level
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• Reduced idle processor power lowers average server power consumption
Large 12 MB of on-die L2 Cache (2 x 6 MB)
• Increases efciency of L2 Cache-to-core data transfers, maximizing main memory to
processor bandwidth
• Reduces latency by storing larger data sets closer to the processor, reducing the number
of trips to main memory
• Up to 6 MB of L2 Cache can be allocated to one core
Intel® Virtualization Technology10 (Intel® VT)
Suite of processor enhancements assists virtualization software to deliver more efcient
virtualization solutions and greater capabilities, including 64-bit guest OS support.
Intel® I/O Acceleration Technology (Intel® I/OAT) with Next-Generation Improvements
Next-generation improvements designed to signicantly accelerate data processing across the
entire platform through CPU utilization and latency improvements.
Enhanced Front-Side Bus (FSB)
• New dedicated high-speed bus design enables increased throughput and bandwidth between each of the processors and the chipset.
• Supports blazing-fast FSB speeds up to 1666 MHz
Intel® 64 Architecture
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• Flexibility for 64-bit and 32-bit applications and operating systems
How efcient are your current servers?
The Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® processor 5400 series features exclusive
Intel 45nm processor technology—freeing you to pack more perfor-
mance into less space, multipl y your server platform energy efciency
and potentially minimize cooling challenges.
Could you benet from greater server responsiveness?
Features like a blazing-fast 1600 MHz front side b us, 12 MB Level 2
Cache, and a host of other innovations combine to enable exceptional
performance and superior respons iveness for a broad range of
computing needs and software environments.
Are you evaluating virtualization?
A suite of processor enhancements found on the Quad-Core Intel®
Xeon® processor 5400 series assi st virtualization software to deliver
more efcient virtualization solutions a nd greater capabilities including
64-bit guest OS support.
How important is reliability and investment protection?
With nearly 40 million Intel processor-based servers deployed sinc e
1996, plus a 30-year track record of delivering enterprise-class
performance, Intel products deliver superior quality and reliability for
business customers of all sizes.
Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor-based Platforms
vs. Quad-Core AMD Opteron* Processor-based Platforms
1. Intel is the 45nm MultiCore Leader. 45nm Quad-
Core Intel® Xeon® processor
technology builds upon the
performance and efciency
advantages of proven Intel
multi-core technology.
2. Benet from Exclusive
Intel® Xeon® Processor
5400 Series Features.
Blazing-fast bus speeds of
up to 1600 MHz FSB and 12
MB of on-die Level 2 Cache
increase responsiveness
while reducing latency.
3. Intel Delivers Innovation
Across the Board. Intel’s
complete line of veried
and validated Intel server
products work seamlessly
together and feature innovations that enable superior
server platforms.
Additional Resources
Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® processor 5400 series:
www.intel.com/quadcoreserver
Hafnium-based Intel® 45nm process technology:
www.intel.com/go/45nm
Intel product support:
http://support.intel.com
Where to buy:
www.intel.com/go/buyauthorized
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Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® processor 5300 series (“CTN”). Up to 25% (1.25x) higher Performance X5460 vs X5365—
Published/measured results on SPECjbb2005*—October 2, 2007.
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Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® processor 5100 Series (“WDC”). Up to 119% (2.19x) higher Performance X5460 vs 5160—
Published/measured results on SPECjbb2005*—October 2, 07.
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Single-Core 64-bit Intel® Xeon® processor 3.80GHz. Up to 443% (5.43x) higher Performance X5460 vs Xeon 3.80—
Published/ measured results on SPECint*_rate_base2006 – Oct 2, 07.
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Intel® Virtualization Technology requires a computer system with an enabled Intel® processor, BIOS, virtual machine
monitor (VMM), and, for some uses, certain platform software enabled for it. Functionality, performance, or other
benets will vary depending on hardware and software congurations and may require a BIOS update. Software
applications may not be compatible with all operating systems. Please check with your application vendor.
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Single-Core 64-bit Intel® Xeon® processor, 3.80GHz. Up to 443% (5.43x) higher Performance X5460 vs. Xeon 3.80—
Published/ measured results on SPECint*_rate_base2006—October 2, 2007.
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For further information, see www.intel.com/performance/server/xeon/ppw.htm.
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64-bit computing on Intel® architecture requires a computer system with a processor, chipset, BIOS, operating system,
device drivers, and applications enabled for Intel® 64 architecture. Processors will not operate (including 32-bit operation)
without an Intel 64 architecture-enabled BIOS. Performance will vary depending on your hardware and software
congurations. Consult with your system vendor for more information.
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Microsoft will support Intel® I/OAT in future Microsoft Windows Server* releases.
For more information, visit www.intel.com/go/ioat.
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Intel Server pre-production platform with two Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® processor E5450 3.0 GHz, 2x6 MB L2 Cache or
E5335, 2x4 MB L2 Cache, 1333 MHz system bus, 16 GB Memory DDR2-667 FBDIMM, Microsoft Windows Server 2003*
Enterprise x64 Edition SP1 (64-bit), BEA JRockit* 5.0 P27.2.0. Intel internal measurement – September 2007. Perf/Watt
calculated by dividing the Performance by measured system power during steady state window.
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Intel® Virtualization Technology requires a computer system with an enabled Intel® processor, BIOS, virtual machine
monitor (VMM) and, for some uses, certain platform software enabled for it. Functionality, performance or other benets
will vary depending on hardware and software congurations and may require a BIOS update. Software applications may
not be compatible with all operating systems. Please check with your application vendor.
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64-bit computing on Intel architecture requires a computer system with a processor, chipset, BIOS, operating system,
device drivers and applications enabled for Intel® 64 architecture.
Performance will vary depending on your hardware and software congurations. Consult with your system vendor for
more information.
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Intel Xeon, and the Xeon Inside logo are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and other countries.
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TALKING POINTS
Processor Number
CPU
Frequency L2 Cache
Front-Side
Bus Speed Power
b
Number
of Cores
Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor X5482
a
3.20 GHz 12MB 1600 MHz 150W 4
Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor X5472 3.00 GHz 12MB 1600 MHz 120W 4
Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor E5472 3.00 GHz 12MB 1600 MHz 80W 4
Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor E5462 2.80 GHz 12MB 1600 MHz 80W 4
Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor X5460 3.16 GHz 12MB 1333 MHz 120W 4
Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor X5450 3.00 GHz 12MB 1333 MHz 120W 4
Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor E5450 3.00 GHz 12MB 1333 MHz 80W 4
Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor E5440 2.83 GHz 12MB 1333 MHz 80W 4
Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor E5430 2.66 GHz 12MB 1333 MHz 80W 4
Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor E5420 2.50 GHz 12MB 1333 MHz 80W 4
Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor E5410 2.33 GHz 12MB 1333 MHz 80W 4
Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor E5405 2.00 GHz 12MB 1333 MHz 80W 4
a
Workstation only
b
50W Quad-Core and 40W Dual-Core versions will be available in rst quarter, 2008.
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE FOR SERVERS
117.0
99.1
88.8
77.9
138.0
113.0
102.0
88.2
50 100 150
For detailed conguration information and additional performance results, visit: www.intel.com/performance/server/xeon
66.9
63.1
77.9
73.1
88.1
78.4
86.3
80.6
5025 75 100
Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor X5365
Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor X5365
Quad-Core AMD Opteron* Processor Model 2350
Quad-Core AMD Opteron* Processor Model 2350
Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor X5460
Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor E5472
Quad-Core AMD Opteron* Processor Model 2360SE
Quad-Core AMD Opteron* Processor Model 2360SE
Technical Computing
Server
Floating Point
Throughput Performance
Higher is better
Higher is better
General Purpose
Server
Integer Throughput
Performance
SPECfp*_rate_2006
SPECint*_rate_2006
SPECfp*_rate_base2006
SPECint*_rate_base2006
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