Intel Technologies

The Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor 5300 series is Intel's premier solution for the growing computing and data needs of many business-critical applications, and provides the most headroom (threads and performance) for virtualized server environments of any dual processor standard high volume server platform. Combined with the Intel® 5000 chipset family and Fully Buffered DIMM (FBDIMM) memory technology, the new Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor 5300 series-based platforms are expected to deliver breakthrough performance with better power efficiency, delivering up to 1.5 times the performance compared to leading Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® processor 5100 series in the same power envelope and up to 2.5 times the performance compared to the best published results of AMD Opteron Model 2220.

The Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor 5300 series is compatible with Intel® 5000P, 5000V and 5000X series of chipsets. Server boards based on these chipsets are optimized for quad core with advanced platform features of Dual Independent Bus and Fully Buffered DIMM memory technology offering up to 4X available bandwidth of current generation platforms. Improved I/O performance is possible with PCI Express and the option of Intel I/O Acceleration Technology.

# Intel® Core™ Microarchitecture
Better performance on multiple application types and user environments at a substantially reduce power envelope.
# 8 Cores/8 Threads
Increases support for more simultaneous processes
# 80W-120W SKUs
Increased Performance/Watt helps improve data center density and power/thermal operating costs.
# 8 MB Shared L2 Cache
Increases performance by reducing the number of system memory calls from applications.
# Up to 1333 MHz System Bus
Faster system bus speeds for increased throughput and performance.
# Intel® Virtualization Technology
New processor hardware enhancements that support software-based virtualization, enabling migration of more environments — including 64-bit OSs and applications — to virtual environments.
# Intel® 64
Flexibility for 64-bit and 32-bit applications and operating systems.
# Enhanced Intel® Speedstep™ Technology
Helps reduce average system power consumption and potentially improves system acoustics.