From Intel’s own benchmarks show the newest generation of Xeon processors for servers, Sandy Bridge EP-series significantly better performance than the previous generation. The tested cpu is lower clocked, but has more cores.
The new series of Xeon processors should be in the first quarter of 2012 to be released, but the Chinese website LeadInfo has some of the benchmark results of Intel published. The pdf that the site posted online, is Intel’s test team sourced and contains its benchmarks. In the tests that put Intel’s older X5690, Xeon-cpu on the basis of Westmere-EP, compared to the new E5-2690, Sandy Bridge-EP-cpu. The new generation proved to be about six benchmarks, on average, 80 per cent better score.
Two X5690-Xeons with six 3.46 GHz geklokte cores and hyperthreading were in a motherboard with 40GB of ddr3 memory at 1333MHz pricked. On the other hand put Intel a dualsocket system with its latest E5-2690 eight hyperthreading cores on 2.9 GHz and 32GB of ddr3 memory at 1.6 GHz. Thus the older generation has a higher clock speed and more memory. This was, however, compared to a server with more cores and faster memory.
From different benchmarks, including Linpack, TPC-C, Oracle, and SPECjbb 2005, it appeared that the new Sandy Bridge-EP platform, on average nearly 80 percent higher score than the old Westmere-EP platform. In addition to the E5-2600 series would Intel in 2012, the E3-1200 v2 series and E5-1600 series release. This Sandy Bridge EP processors are mainly referred to as a cpu for workstations. For dualsocket systems is in addition to the E5-2600 series E5-2400 series planned.