New High-End Intel® Server Processors Expand Performance Leadership

New High-End Intel® Server Processors Expand Performance Leadership

Intel Corporation today unveiled eight new Dual-Core Intel Xeon® 7100 series processors designed for multi-processor servers. Previously codenamed “Tulsa,” the Dual-Core Intel Xeon processor 7100 series delivers on key requirements to support the demands of enterprise applications: top performance and reliability. The processor family also includes lower-power, 95 watt options that reduce associated energy costs.

The Dual-Core Intel Xeon 7100 processor series offers up to twice the performance1 and nearly three times better performance per watt2 over previous Intel Xeon MP processors, boasts greater performance headroom than competitive offerings and delivers the reliability and scalability Intel-based servers are known for throughout the industry. These processors are also socket compatible with the currently shipping platform, speeding deployment and reducing qualification costs and validation times.

Using the SPECjbbâ„¢2005* benchmark, the Fujitsu-Siemens PRIMERGY RX630 S3* server based on the Dual-Core Intel Xeon 7140M processor broke the previous record with a score of 178,201 business operations per second.3 A Dell PowerEdge 6800* server based on the Dual-Core Intel Xeon processor 71400M smashed another world record by scoring 16,320 QphH4 using the TPCâ„¢-H* benchmark, which measures database performance.

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