The industry's first quad-core processor for mainstream servers provides breakthrough performance and capabilities for the ultimate in powerful, dense and energy efficient servers. With the Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor 5300 series you get breakthrough performance up to 50% greater than the industry-leading Dual-Core Intel Xeon processor in the same power envelope and up to 150% better than the competition.

Intel processor-based entry-level servers build in proven performance, manageability, and reliability, allowing you to spend more time on moving your business forward.

 

A More Efficient Data Center
Two-processor platforms based on the Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® processor 5300 series and the Intel® Core™ microarchitecture help companies maximize data center performance and density, while reducing cooling challenges. Platforms based on Intel’s new quad-core technology make it easier to deliver more business services in existing facilities, or condense applications for more efficient operations at lower total cost of ownership (TCO).

Two-processor platforms based on the Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor 5300 series deliver 8-thread, 32- and 64-bit processing capabilities with 8 MB of L2 cache per processor, providing more computing for threaded applications in a variety of deployments. The Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor 5300 series is ideal for the densest of computing environments where best performance and performance per watt are key requirements. Supported by the Intel® 5000 chipset family and Fully Buffered DIMM (FBDIMM) technology, 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.

 

Maximize performance, performance/watt, and data center density with the industry’s first quad-core technology
With 4 cores, large 8 MB of on-die L2 cache, and the performance-enhancing and energy-efficient technologies of the Intel Core microarchitecture,
the Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor 5300 series helps IT departments maximize performance and density with fewer cooling challenges. Many server applications are well-threaded as a result of years of running in symmetric multi-processing environments. Well-threaded server applications will benefit
from more cores, larger cache, and higher throughput and memory capacity of Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor 5300 series-based servers and the Intel Core microarchitecture.

Platforms based on the Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor 5300 series also support many Intel® advanced server technologies that help companies enhance operations, reduce costs, and improve business continuity:
• Intel® Virtualization Technology (Intel VT) provides hardware assistance for softwarebased virtual environments to support new capabilities, including 64-bit operating systems (OS) and applications.
• Intel® I/O Acceleration Technology (Intel I/OAT) provides, hardware- and softwaresupported I/O acceleration that significantly improves data throughput.

 

Virtualize confidently with more performance headroom, enhanced reliability, and industry-wide commitment and support.
Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor 5300 series delivers the most headroom and performance of any two-processor general-purpose server, so you
can confidently consolidate applications onto fewer systems using proven industry-standard virtualization solutions. With the highest performance per watt of our Intel® Xeon® processors, you can virtualize environments onto dense 1U rack and blade form factors with fewer cooling challenges, giving you more performance and services per square foot.

 

Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor 5300 series integrates virtualization hardware assistance with Intel Virtualization Technology, enhancing capabilities for virtual environments on Microsoft, VMware, and XenSource virtualization software. A growing number of independent software vendors (ISV) and original equipment manufacturers (OEM) support virtualization on Intel Virtualization Technology-enabled platforms through the Intel and VMware Virtualize ASAP program, the industry’s first and only collaborative, global effort to deliver optimized virtualization solutions and practices to IT professionals and companies.

The 64-bit computing of the Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor 5300 series gives you additional application headroom, memory flexibility, and increased security for virtual and dedicated environments. By supporting larger data sets and both 32- and 64-bit applications, Dual-Core and Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor-based servers and workstations allow the smooth migration of your business to 64-bit applications. And, with millions of 64-bit processors already shipped, you know you can depend on Intel’s proven track record to help you make a smooth transition to the next level of computing.

 

Quad-Core Intel Xeon Processor 5300 Series Overview