Intel
®
Xeon™ Processor 5500 Series
Matching Processor to Memory: Selection Guidance
Memory Requirement Max Bandwidth Balanced Performance Max Capacity
Sample Deployments HPC
General Purpose Enterprise
Workloads
Virtualized Environment
Memory Technology
DDR3 1333 DDR3 1066 DDR3 800
32 GB/s 25.5 GB/s 19.2 GB/s
48GB (max) 96 GB (max) 144 GB (max)
Available CPU Options
Advanced 95W
● 8M cache
● 6.4 GT/s QPI
● HT
● Turbo Boost
Standard 80W
● 8M cache
● 5.86 GT/s QPI
● HT
● Turbo Boost
Basic 80W
● 4M cache
● 4.8 GT/s QPI
X5570 2.93 GHz X5570 2.93 GHz X5570 2.93 GHz
X5560 2.80 GHz X5560 2.80 GHz X5560 2.80 GHz
X5550 2.66 GHz X5550 2.66 GHz X5550 2.66 GHz
E5540 2.53 GHz E5540 2.53 GHz
E5530 2.40 GHz E5530 2.40 GHz
E5520 2.26 GHz E5520 2.26 GHz
E5506 2.13 GHz
E5504 2.00 GHz
E5502 1.86 GHz 2 cores