Where is Intel Xeon E5 better than Xeon 5600?

Intel Xeon E5 and Xeon 5600 are currently the most popular server CPUs, but Xeon E5 is the latest dual-channel server CPU this year, so it is more technically reliable. What changes and improvements have been made to the Xeon E5 series processor compared with the Xeon 5600 series processor?

Liu Xiaoxu, a Beijing Company of baotong group, believes that Intel Xeon E5 is currently mainly used in high-end applications and helps users build flexible and efficient data centers with rich functions. The Xeon5600 processor is mainly used in mainstream and universal applications.

Xeon E5 Performance Improvement comparison (picture from the network interface)

Intel said that the XeonE5 and Xeon5600 processors with the same positioning have significantly improved performance for advanced, standard, and basic applications, the Intel Xeon E5-2600 family delivers performance up to 5600 higher than the Intel Xeon 80% series. For example, the actual performance of 6 popular processors for comparison, high-end E5-2670 compared to X5670 performance increased by up to 57%; standard level E5-2620 compared to E5620 performance increased by up to 67%; e5-2609 in base level can also achieve 45% performance improvement compared to E5607.

According to a report from the internationally renowned test room of information and maintenance, the Xeon E5 series at the high-end level mainly increases the processor core to 8 cores, and the third-level cache to 20 MB, QPI link bandwidth is upgraded to 8.0GT/S, and the memory frequency is also increased from the original 1333MHz to 1600 MHz, the E5 series Processors provide additional performance expansion space for demanding computing applications. In the standard and basic levels, the E5 series Processors still improve the technical parameters to varying degrees, this allows users to fully understand the balance between cost and performance, as well as the entry-level value and basic capabilities.

The Intel Xeon E5-2600 family uses Intel integrated I/O (Intel IIO) and Intel direct I/O (Intel DDIO) technology, intel DDIO technology supports intel Ethernet controllers and adapters to directly transfer I/O traffic to the processor cache, reducing the process of transferring it to the system memory, this reduces power consumption and I/O latency. In addition, the E5-2600 series is the first server processor that integrates I/O controllers supporting PCI-Express3.0 standards directly in a microprocessor.

Manager Liu Xiaoxu of Bao Tong also said that the Xeon E5 system not only can improve the computing capability, but also can provide data faster to data hunger applications and increase the bandwidth of the data center. Recently, Xeon-E5 system shipments continue to rise, the majority of domestic server manufacturers E5 shipments have become the mainstream.