Intel® Xeon® 5000 Sequence

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

The breakthrough performance, energy efficiency, and reliability of Intel® Xeon® processor-based server systems make them the ideal choice for all of your data demanding or standard enterprise infrastructure applications.

Intel® processor-based servers enable businesses worldwide to do more and spend less—with outstanding price/performance and broad 64-bit choice across OEMs, operating systems, and applications. Supported by a single stable mainstream 2P server platform supporting a range of CPU options for IT flexibility, investment protection and easy migration.

Reliable, efficient, proven performance. Why would you depend on anything else? Intel® Xeon® processor-based servers deliver it all. Put Intel® server technology to work in your datacenter

Features and benefits

Intel® Xeon® processor 5400 series

Up to 2x better performance than previous generation dual-core and 5x better than single-core¹
Up to 20 percent better performance and 38 percent better performance per watt than previous generation quad-core²

Intel Xeon processor 5300 series

64-bit, quad-core computing with large 8 MB on-die cache
Up to four times the performance versus previous-generation single-core processors³
Better performance/watt than Intel Xeon processor 5100 series-based platformsξ

Intel Xeon processor 5200 series

Supports dual two PCI second-generation adapters enables users to process and visualize larger, more computationally intensive workloads
Denser, more powerful HPC designs
Improved store and forward algorithms and advanced I/O enable users to quickly and efficiently process parallel workflows

Intel Xeon processor 5100 series

Breakthrough performance at up to three times the performance versus previous-generation single-core processors
Enhanced power-efficient technologies for over three times performance/watt∂
Wide range of 65 watt SKUs for performance-optimized deployments, plus 40 watt SKUs for ultra-dense deployments

Intel® Virtualization technology (Intel® VT)±

Enables more operating systems and software to run in today's virtual environments
Developed with virtualization software providers to enable greater functionality and compatibility compared to non-hardware-assisted virtual environments

Intel® 64 architectureΦ

Flexibility for 64-bit and 32-bit applications and operating systems

Fully buffered DIMM technology

Up to 21 GB/s for three times the increase in memory bandwidth over previous memory technology
Up to four times the memory capacity up to 64 GB
Enhanced reliability, availability, and serviceability features

Intel® I/O Acceleration TechnologyΔ (Intel® I/OAT)

Moves data more efficiently for fast, scalable, and reliable network performance
Ability to significantly reduce CPU overhead, freeing resources for more critical tasks

Enhanced reliability and manageability

Many memory controller features, together with PCI Express RAS features, combine to help improve platform reliability vs. previous-generation platforms
New features include Error Correcting Code (ECC) system bus, new memory mirroring and I/O hot-plug

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