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Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2600 Product Family

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Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2600 Product Family

Intel® Xeon® processors are the foundation of high performance computing. They provide groundbreaking server performance to a wide range of real-world applications ranging from life science research, to computer aided modeling, to financial services. These processors deliver groundbreaking performance to meet HPC challenges and scale for growth while maximizing energy efficiency through Intel process technology.

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Quantitative Finance – Binomial

Binomial is a lattice numerical method with wide application in pricing financial derivatives in equity and the fixed-income area. This benchmark generates data for about 1 million options (1048576). Each option has different values for stock price, strike price, and time to expiration. Volatility and interest rate are held constant. The pricing engine uses Binomial with path time step of 2048 and prices European option spec using the input data.

Quantitative Finance – Black-Scholes*

Black-Scholes* is a popular financial valuation model with wide application in equity and fixed-income derivatives pricing. This benchmark generates data for 4 million options. Each option has different values for stock price, strike price, time to expiration. Volatility and interest rate are held constant. The pricing engine calculates the same dataset 8192 times.

Quantitative Finance – Monte Carlo*

Monte Carlo* is a statistical computing method with wide application in financial derivatives pricing. This benchmark generates data for about 4 million options (4063232). Each option has different values for stock price, strike price, time to expiration. Volatility and interest rate are held constant. The pricing engine uses Monte Carlo with path length of 256K or (262144), and price European option spec uses the input data.

January 20, 2012

Configuration Details: Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2600 Product Family

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  Intel® Xeon® Processor X5690 Platform Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2680 Platform

Source

Internal testing  

Internal testing  

Number of cores / threads

6/12 per processor

8/16 per processor

Processor speed

3.06 GHz

2.7 GHz

Last level cache

12 MB

20 MB

Platform manufacturer

Supermicro*

Intel® S2600CP

Platform BIOS

Rev 04

Rev x040

System memory

48 GB

64 GB

Memory speed

DDR3-1333

DDR3-1600

Link speed

6.4 GT/s QPI

8.0 GT/s QPI

I/O subsystem

SCSI 15K RPM RAID0

SCI 15K RPM RAID0

Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology

Disabled

Disabled

Prefetcher

Enabled

Enabled

NUMA

Enabled

Enabled

Intel® Turbo Boost Technology

Enabled

Enabled

Operating system

Red Hat* EL5.5

Red Hat* EL6.1

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1. Software and workloads used in performance tests may have been optimized for performance only on Intel microprocessors. Performance tests, such as SYSmark and MobileMark, are measured using specific computer systems, components, software, operations, and functions. Any change to any of those factors may cause the results to vary. You should consult other information and performance tests to assist you in fully evaluating your contemplated purchases, including the performance of that product when combined with other products.


2. Relative performance for each benchmark is calculated by taking the actual benchmark result for the first platform tested and assigning it a value of 1.0 as a baseline. Relative performance for the remaining platforms tested was calculated by dividing the actual benchmark result for the baseline platform into each of the specific benchmark results of each of the other platforms and assigning them a relative performance number that correlates with the performance improvements reported.


3. Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology: See the Processor Spec Finder at http://ark.intel.com or contact your Intel representative for more information.


4. Requires a system with Intel® Turbo Boost Technology. Intel Turbo Boost Technology and Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 are only available on select Intel® processors. Consult your PC manufacturer. Performance varies depending on hardware, software, and system configuration. For more information, visit www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/architecture-and-technology/turbo-boost/turbo-boost-technology.html.


5. Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology (Intel® HT Technology) requires a computer system with a processor supporting Intel HT Technology and an Intel HT Technology-enabled chipset, BIOS, and operating system. Performance will vary depending on the specific hardware and software used. For more information including details on which processors support Intel HT Technology, visit www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/architecture-and-technology/hyper-threading/hyper-threading-technology.html.


6. Intel® processor numbers are not a measure of performance. Processor numbers differentiate features within each processor family, not across different processor families. See www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/processors/processor-numbers.html for details.


7. Intel® products are not intended for use in medical, life-saving, life-sustaining, critical control, or safety systems, or in nuclear facility applications. All dates and products specified are for planning purposes only and are subject to change without notice.