Intel Xeon E5-2690 Sandy Bridge-EP Performance Revealed
TechPowerUp received a "leaked" presentation that allegedly details Intel's Sandy Bridge-EP platform, along with early performance numbers.
Intel is taking its newly launched Core i7 Sandy Bridge-E platform to the enterprise market with a new line of Xeon processors. Intel's new enterprise variations include the Sandy Bridge-EN and Sandy Bridge-EP. The Sandy Bridge-EN is designed for high-density, low-power servers, while the Sandy Bridge-EP is designed for high-performance servers and workstations. The Sandy Bridge-EP is multi-socket capable platform.
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The Sandy Bridge-EP appears to be basically the same design as the Sandy Bridge-E, but has several additional features not found with the Core processors. The Sandy Bridge-EP offers two QuickPath Interconnect (QPI) links, which utilize QPI 8.0 GT/s. This will help facilitate high-bandwidth inter-socket communication in multi-socket systems, up to eight cores, sixteen threads enabled by HyperThreading, and up to 20 MB of L3 cache memory. Sandy Bridge-EP will utilize a quad-channel DDR3 integrated memory controller (DDR3-1600 MHz) with support up to 768 GB of memory, via two sockets, eight DDR3 channels in all, LRDIMMs. In addition, Intel Integrated I/O has support for up to 80 lanes of PCIe 3.0.
Intel claims up to 80 percent performance boost versus its prior generation Westmere-EP platform. Using a Xeon X5690 six-core processor (@ 3.64 GHz) as the baseline, Intel put its new Xeon E5-2690 eight-core processor (@ 2.90 GHz) to the test. Performance results showed an improvement across the board on all testing; OLTP Database (TPC-C Oracle), Middle-Tier Java (SPECjbb 2005), Integer Throughput (SPECint_base2006), Floating Point Throughput (SPECfp_rate_base2006), Memory Bandwidth (STREAM_MP Triad), and Matrix Multiplication (Linpack).
Intel provided details on its new Data Direct I/O Technology (DDIO). DDIO works to increase I/O performance by up to 2.3 times that of previous generation, reduces latency and allows system memory to remain in low power state.




AMD so far never get past the hype with its Bulldozer,. a repeat performance from their Piledriver should essentially seal off AMD from the x86 market.
To AMD,. please give us the same joy with the release of Athlon 64,.
Alot probably gave up on you,. but there's always a second chance..
AMD so far never get past the hype with its Bulldozer,. a repeat performance from their Piledriver should essentially seal off AMD from the x86 market.
To AMD,. please give us the same joy with the release of Athlon 64,.
Alot probably gave up on you,. but there's always a second chance..
I really don't see the point of talking about the advantages / disadvantage of these platforms from an end-user perspective as these are meant for servers. Quad channel is really most beneficial for various server uses.
Going back to the end-user, enthusiasts finally have the opportunity to create a rather large RAM-Disk thanks to 64gb support of the SB-E platform (thanks to quad channel config).
Yup!
dual LGA2011 slot X79 mobo and OC it to 4.7ghz with 64 gigabyte of 2000+ mhz RAM and TWO
Radeon 7970 3GB video cards on Xfire?.. That would make my After Effects / Sony Vegas Pro
video editing, Cinema 4D renders and gaming experience more exciting and faster than ever!
- Cant wait for EVGA's SR3 mobo and Intel's XEON E5-2600 release! :-)
Don't you mean 96 GB? And FOUR 7970s or whatever NVIDIA comes up with? And why only overclock to 4.7, especially as you would obviously be water cooling?
@ Freenss
Yes, 96GB and four 7970's or maybe TWO 7990's are possible with SR3 but i dont know
if i could afford it, as for the cooling system yes im planing to install water cooling in
a Xigmaek Elysium case where the SR3 could fit nicely to achieve a much higher OC,
since the XEON E5-2600 has 8 cores and 16 threads, installing two of it on an EVGA's SR3
would result in a 32 processing threads that i can utilize on my After Effects previews
specially when im editing HD videos and adding effects together with Sony Vegas Pro.
It will also help me a lot on my Cinema 4D renders, AND for other USERS who's work
is similar to what i do specially those freelance 3d artist and into digital film effects
needing to have a much faster system, this will give them the processing power they
need to make their work faster instead of buying bulky setup very expensive render
servers.
Although this setup is a bit expensive and not suitable for others, and for my very long
term use and to make my work faster i think its worth it. IMO :-)
- Advance Happy New Year to All! :-)
lol nope. Two totally different masks.