Virtualization runs best on Intel®
Jörg Walther
Enterprise Technology Specialist
Intel EMEA
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Economic
Headwinds
Have Put
Pressure on IT
Budgets
Infrastructure is aging and
holding companies back.
IT must enable business
innovation while also
cutting costs.
This creates a key challenge
for business competitiveness
and growth.
3
Effective IT
Empowers
Business
Success
Companies that have invested
in IT to achieve operational
excellence and innovation are
seeing tremendous benefits.
Companies that integrate IT into
the business to deliver
differentiated services and value
for their customers are thriving.
4
The Path to
Transformational IT
Modernize
Service Delivery
Data Center Optimization
Use private, public, or hybrid cloud
Deliver new services on demand
Develop APIs and serviceoriented architecture


Increase Operational
Efficiency
Minimize operating expenses
and maximize efficiency
Take advantage of new capabilities in
hardware and software
Ensure security and compliance
Ensure reliability to enhance service quality
(nonstop services, VoIP, XoIP, etc.)
Open
Standards
Based 

Create New
Business Opportunities
Use big data to identify opportunities
and respond to competitive threats
Optimize operations that improve time
to market and predictive analytics
Enhance customer value with new
products and services
5
The Journey Starts with a Strong Foundation
•
Take advantage of new capabilities in hardware and software to support business growth
•
Minimize operating expenses, maximize efficiency
•
Ensure security and compliance
6
> 4 YEARS OLD
32% of Servers are
>4 Years Old1
Make up only 4% of
Total Performance
Capabilities of Servers1
Use 65% of Total
Energy Consumption1
32
4
65
%
CAPEX
%
%
26
OPEX
74
%
%
> 4 YEARS OLD
Business innovation throttled to 26%2

Time to revenue

Cost of lost time, effort, opportunity
> 4 YEARS OLD

Unpredictable business cycles
74% captive in operations and
maintenance2

Rigid & aging infrastructure

Application & information complexity

Inflexible business processes
1* Source: Intel analysis, 2012
2* Source: Gartner, IT Metrics: Align IT Investment Levels With Strategy Using Run, Grow, Transform and Beyond
(March 2012)
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.
For more information go to http://www.intel.com/performance
Aging Infrastructure is Inefficient and Costly
2014
Red Hat Enterprise
Linux* 7
Intel® Xeon®
Processor E5 v3
Family
Virtualization
2012
2014
Software Upgrade
+ Red Hat Enterprise Linux* 7 with KVM**
•
•
•
KVM supports optimized Interrupt Handling
in virtual environments (APIC)
Up to 160 logical CPUs and 2TB of
memory per VM
Enhanced cryptography capabilities
Baseline
Hardware Upgrade
Red Hat Enterprise Linux*
6.4 with KVM Virtualization**
Intel® Xeon® Processor
E5-2690
+ Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2699 v3
•
•
Better Together
2.5x higher VM
Up to
density2
Support for:
•
More Users
•
Larger VMs while
maintaining SLAs
•
Secure Virtualization
Framework
•
Reduced VMM Overhead
Increased parallelism with up to 18 cores
Up to 2.6x higher memory capacity1
SPECvirt is a trademark of the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC).
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.
For more information, visit intel.com/performance
*1,2 + Configuration details and additional information on the following page.
Solutions that Work Better Together
Benchmark: SPECvirt*_sc2013
*Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others.
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Configuration Details for Red Hat Enterprise Linux with KVM* virtualization and Intel®
Xeon® Processor E5 Family
Processor
Intel® Xeon® Processor
E5-2690
(formerly Sandy Bridge)
(8C, 2.9GHz, 135 W)
Sockets
Memory
KVM
Virtualization
Performance
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2699 v3
(formerly Haswell)
(18C, 2.3 GHz, 145 W)
2
256 GB (16x16 GB)
2
16 x 32 GB, 4R x4 PC4-17000 DDR4 2133MHz
LRDIMM
RHEL* 6.4
624.9 @ 37 VMs
RHEL* 7
1614 @ 95 VMs
1* Up to 2.6X memory capacity based on a 2-socket platform: Intel® Xeon® processor X5600 series supports 18 DIMMS, max memory per DIMM of 32 GB RDIMM; Intel® Xeon® processor
2600 v3 family supports 24 DIMMs, max memory per DIMM of 64GB RDIMM. This enables 2.7x the memory.
2* Up to 2.5x higher VM density based on SPECvirt_sc2013 workload comparing baseline IBM Flex System* x240 using two two Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2690 scoring 624.9 @ 37 VMs
(www.spec.org) to the Hewlett-Packard Company ProLiant DL360 Gen9 with two Intel Xeon Processor E5-2699 v3, SPECvirt_sc2013 1614 @ 95 VMs. (Source)
**See source for configuration details.
*Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others.
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2014
Red Hat Enterprise
Linux* 7
Intel® Xeon®
Processor E5 v3
Family
HPC
2014
Software Upgrade
+ Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 with KVM**
•
Delivers high capacity 64-bit XFS file
system
•
Provides Performance Management suite
to tune and optimize performance to
selected system profile
Automatic NUMA balancing
2010
•
Baseline
Red Hat Enterprise Linux* 6
Intel® Xeon® Processor
X5690
Better Together
3.7x
Up to
higher
performance3
Outstanding performance
across a range of real-world
HPC applications
Hardware Upgrade
+ Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2699 v3
•
•
Increased parallelism with up to 18 cores
Intel® AVX2 delivers up to 4x DP
FLOPS/core and supports 2x wider vector
integer instructions1
The DDR4 difference
•
Up to 3x more memory bandwidth2
SPECfp*rate is a trademark of the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC).
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.
For more information, visit intel.com/performance
*1,2,3 + Configuration details and additional information on the following page.
Solutions that Work Better Together
Benchmark:
*Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others. SPECfp*_rate_base2006
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Configuration Details for Red Hat Enterprise Linux* virtualization and Intel® Xeon®
Processor E5 Family
Processor
Sockets
Memory
OS Distribution
Compiler
Idle Power (watts)
Performance
(SPECfp*_rate_base2006)
Intel® Xeon® Processor X5690
(formerly Westmere)
(6C, 3.46 GHz, 130W)
2
48 GB
(16x4 GB DDR3-1600)
RHEL* 6.1
Intel® Compiler 12.1.0.255
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2699 v3
(formerly Haswell)
(18C, 2.3 GHz, 145W)
2
128GB
(16 x 8GB DDR4-2133)
RHEL* 7
Intel® Compiler 14.0
115.73 (Intel Est.4)
92 (Intel Est.4)
226 (Intel Est.3)
845 (Intel Est.3)
Intel does not control or audit the design or implementation of third party benchmark data or Web sites referenced in this document. Intel encourages all of its customers to visit the referenced Web
sites or others where similar performance benchmark data are reported and confirm whether the referenced benchmark data are accurate and reflect performance of systems available for
purchase.
1* The Intel® Xeon® processor E5 product family supports Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (Intel® AVX), which increases maximum vector size from 128 to 256 bits. Compared to the Intel®
Xeon® processor 5600 series, Intel™ AVX™ enables up to twice the work to be accomplished per clock cycle during floating point and vector operations
2* Up to 3x memory bandwidth based on STREAM(triad) benchmark comparing baseline Supermicro X8DTN+ platform with two Intel® Xeon® Processor X5680, 18x8GB DDR3-800 scoring 26.5
GB/sec to the new Intel® Server System R2208WTTYS with two Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2699 v3, 24x16GB DDR4-2133 @ 1600MHz DR-RDIMM scoring 85.2 GB/sec. Source: Intel internal
testing.
3* Up to 3.7x performance gain based on SPECfp*_rate_base2006 workload on different Intel Compiler comparing Supermicro X8DTN+ with two Intel® Xeon® Processor X5690 scoring 226 to
the new Intel ® Server Board S2600WTT with two Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2699 v3 scoring 845.
4* Idle power represents the average power of the server while not under any workload.
Intel's compilers may or may not optimize to the same degree for non-Intel microprocessors for optimizations that are not unique to Intel microprocessors. These optimizations include SSE2,
SSE3, and SSE3 instruction sets and other optimizations. Intel™ does not guarantee the availability, functionality, or effectiveness of any optimization on microprocessors not manufactured by
Intel.
Microprocessor-dependent optimizations in this product are intended for use with Intel microprocessors. Certain optimizations not specific to Intel™ microarchitecture are reserved for Intel™
microprocessors. Please refer to the applicable product User and Reference Guides for more information regarding the specific instruction sets covered by this notice. Notice revision #20110804
*Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others.
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2014
Red Hat Enterprise
Linux* 7
Intel® Xeon®
Processor E5 v3
Family
Enterprise
2014
Software Upgrade
+ Red Hat Enterprise Linux* 7 with KVM**
•
•
2010
•
Delivers high capacity 64-bit XFS file
system for improved performance
Performance Management suite to tune
and optimize performance to selected
system profile
Automatic NUMA balancing
Baseline
Hardware Upgrade
•
+ Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2699 v3
•
Red Hat Enterprise Linux*
6
Intel® Xeon® Processor
X5690
Better Together
•
•
3.1x
Up to
higher
performance3
Outstanding performance
across a range of real-world
general purpose applications
Increased parallelism with up to 18 cores
Intel® AVX2 delivers up to 4x DP
FLOPS/core and supports 2x wider vector
integer instructions1
The DDR4 difference
•
Up to 3x more memory bandwidth2
SPECint*rate is a trademark of the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC).
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.
For more information, visit intel.com/performance
*1,2,3 + Configuration details and additional information on the following page.
Solutions that Work Better Together
Benchmark:
*Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others. SPECint*_rate_base2006
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Configuration Details for Red Hat Enterprise Linux* virtualization and Intel® Xeon®
Processor E5 v3 Family
Processor
Sockets
Memory
OS Distribution
Compiler
Idle Power (watts)
Performance
(SPECint_rate_base20
06)
Intel® Xeon® Processor X5690
(formerly Westmere)
(6C, 3.46 GHz, 130W)
2
48 GB
(16x4 GB DDR3-1600)
RHEL* 6.1
Intel® Compiler 12.1.0.255
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2699 v3
(formerly Haswell)
(18C, 2.3 GHz, 145W)
2
128GB
(16 x 8GB DDR4-2133)
RHEL* 7
Intel® Compiler 14.0
115.73 (Intel Est.3)
92 (Intel Est.3)
414 (Intel Est.3)
1290 (Intel Est.3)
1* The Intel® Xeon® processor E5 product family supports Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (Intel® AVX), which increases maximum vector size from 128 to 256 bits. Compared to the
Intel® Xeon® processor 5600 series, Intel AVX enables up to twice the work to be accomplished per clock cycle during floating point and vector operations
2* Up to 3x memory bandwidth based on STREAM(triad) benchmark comparing baseline Supermicro X8DTN+ platform with two Intel® Xeon® Processor X5680, 18x8GB DDR3-800
scoring 26.5 GB/sec to the new Intel® Server System R2208WTTYS with two Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2699 v3, 24x16GB DDR4-2133 @ 1600MHz DR-RDIMM scoring 85.2 GB/sec.
Source: Intel internal testing.
3* Up to 3.1x performance improvement based on SPECint*_rate workload comparing baseline Supermicro X8DTN+ with two Intel® Xeon® Processor X5690 using Intel® Compiler
12.1.0.255 scoring 226 to the Intel® Server Platform with two Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2699 v3 using Intel® Compiler 14.0 scoring 789
4 Idle power represents the average power of the server while not under any workload.
Intel's compilers may or may not optimize to the same degree for non-Intel microprocessors for optimizations that are not unique to Intel microprocessors. These optimizations include
SSE2, SSE3, and SSE3 instruction sets and other optimizations. Intel does not guarantee the availability, functionality, or effectiveness of any optimization on microprocessors not
manufactured by Intel.
Microprocessor-dependent optimizations in this product are intended for use with Intel microprocessors. Certain optimizations not specific to Intel microarchitecture are reserved for Intel
microprocessors. Please refer to the applicable product User and Reference Guides for more information regarding the specific instruction sets covered by this notice. Notice revision
#20110804
Copyright © 2014 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
*Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others.
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2014
VMware
vSphere*
Intel® Xeon®
Processor E5 v3
Family
2010
2014
Software Upgrade
+ VMware vSphere* 5.5
2x Increase in physical CPU (160 to 320
pCPU)
4x increase in VRAM (256 GB to 1 TB)
8x increase in virtual CPU per VM (8 to 64)
Baseline
Hardware Upgrade
•
•
+ Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2699 v3
VMware vSphere* 4.1
Intel® Xeon® Processor
X5690
Better Together
•
•
•
3.3x
Up to
improvement
in virtualization
performance3
Reduced overhead for near
native I/O performance with
SR-IOV
Increased parallelism with up to 18 cores
Up to 2.6x memory capacity1
Up to 2x more Read/Write bandwidth with
integrated PCIe 3.0 reducing network &
storage bottlenecks2
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.
For more information, visit intel.com/performance
*1,2,3 + Configuration details and additional information on the following page.
Solutions that Work Better Together
Benchmark: VMmark* 2.x
*Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others.
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Configuration Details for VMware vSphere and Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family
Processor
Intel® Xeon® Processor X5690
(formerly Westmere)
(6C, 3.46 GHz, 130 W)
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2699 v3
(formerly Haswell)
(18C, 2.3 GHz, 145 W)
Sockets
2
2
Memory
12 x 8GB DDR3-1333
16 x 32GB DDR4-2133
VMWare* Software Distribution
ESXi 4.1 on vCenter 4.1
(Distributed with vSphere* 4.1)
ESXi 5.5 on vCenter 5.5
(Distributed with vSphere* 5.5)
Virtualization Performance
7.9 @ 7 tiles 3
26.48 @ 22 tiles3
1* Up to 2.6X memory capacity based on a 2-socket platform: Intel® Xeon® processor X5600 series supports 18 DIMMS, max memory per DIMM of 32 GB RDIMM; Intel® Xeon®
processor 2600v3 family supports 24 DIMMs, max memory per DIMM of 64GB RDIMM. This enables 2.7x the memory.
2* Intel estimates of maximum achievable I/O R/W bandwidth (512B transactions, 50% reads, 50% writes) comparing Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2680 based platform with 64 lanes of
PCIe* 3.0 (66 GB/s) vs. Intel® Xeon® processor X5670 based platform with 32 lanes of PCIe* 2.0 (18 GB/s). Baseline Configuration: Platform with two Intel® Xeon® processor X5670 (2.93
GHz, 6C), 24GB memory @ 1333, 4 x8 Intel internal PCIe* 2.0 test cards. New Configuration: Platform with two Intel® Xeon processor E5-2680 (2.7GHz, 8C), 64GB memory @1600 MHz,
2 x16 Intel internal PCIe* 3.0 test cards on each node (all traffic sent to local nodes).
3* Up to 3.3x improvement in VM performance based on VMmark 2.x workload comparing baseline Fujitsu PRIMENERGY RX300 S6 with two Intel® Xeon® Processor X5690 , VMmark*
v2.1.1 score: 7.59 @ 7 tiles to the new Fujitsu PRIMERGY RX2540 M1 platform with two Intel Xeon Processor E5-2699 v3, VMware ESXi 5.5.0 U2, VMmark v2.5.2 score: 26.48 @ 22 tiles.
Source as of September 8, 2014. VMware® VMmark® is a product of VMware, Inc.
*Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others.
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2014
Microsoft Windows
Server* 2012
Intel® Xeon®
Processor E5 v3
Family
HPC
2010
2014
Software Upgrade
Better Together
+ Microsoft Windows Server* 2012 R2
Support up to 5x logical processors to
massively increase parallelizability
Enhanced power management interface offers
improved control over power consumption
3.4x higher
Up to
performance3
Increased energy efficiency
across all load levels
Baseline
•
•
Windows Server* 2003
Intel® Xeon® Processor
X5690
Hardware Upgrade
+ Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2699 v3
•
•
Increased parallelism with up to 18 cores
Intel® AVX2® delivers up to 4x DP
FLOPS/core and supports 2x wider vector
integer instructions1
Intel™ and Microsoft* deliver
industry leading performance
across a range of real-world
high performance computing
applications
The DDR4 difference
•
Up to 3x more memory bandwidth2
SPECfp*rate is a trademark of the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC).
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.
For more information, visit intel.com/performance
*1,2,3 + Configuration details and additional information on the following page.
Solutions that Work Better Together
Benchmark:
*Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others. SPECfp*_rate_base2006
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Configuration Details for Microsoft Windows Sever* 2012 and Intel® Xeon® Processor
E5 v3 Family
Processor
Sockets
Memory
OS Distribution
Compiler
Idle Power
(watts)
Performance
(SPECfp_rate
base2006)
Intel® Xeon® Processor
(formerly Westmere) X5690
(6C, 3.46 GHz, 130W)
2
48 GB
(16x4 GB DDR3-1600)
Intel® Xeon® Processor (formerly
Westmere) X5690
(6C, 3.46 GHz, 130W)
2
48 GB
(16x4 GB DDR3-1600)
Intel® Xeon® Processor (formerly
Haswell) E5-2699 v3
(18C, 2.3 GHz, 145W)
2
128GB
(16 x 8GB DDR4-2133)
Intel® Xeon® Processor (formerly
Haswell) E5-2699 v3
(18C, 2.3 GHz, 145W)
2
128GB
(16 x 8GB DDR4-2133)
Windows Server* 2003
Windows Server* 2012 R2
Windows Server* 2003
Windows Server* 2012 R2
Intel® Compiler 12.1.0.255
Intel® Compiler 14.0
Intel® Compiler 12.1.0.255
Intel® Compiler 14.0
165 (Intel Est.4)
119(Intel Est.4)
226 (Intel Est.3)
270 (Intel Est.3)
119 (Intel Est.4)
660 (Intel Est.3)
86 (Intel Est.4)
789 (Intel Est.3)
1* Intel® Xeon® processor 5600 series, Intel AVX enables up to twice the work to be accomplished per clock cycle during floating point and vector operations
2* Up to 3x memory bandwidth based on STREAM(triad) benchmark comparing baseline Supermicro X8DTN+ platform with two Intel® Xeon® Processor X5680, 18x8GB DDR3-800
scoring 26.5 GB/sec to the new Intel® Server System R2208WTTYS with two Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2699 v3, 24x16GB DDR4-2133 @ 1600MHz DR-RDIMM scoring 85.2 GB/sec.
Source: Intel internal testing.
3* Up to 3.4x performance improvement based on SPECfp*_rate_base2006 using different Intel® Compilers comparing baseline Supermicro X8DTN+ with two Intel® Xeon® Processor
X5690 (http://www.spec.org) scoring 226 to the Intel® Server Platform with two Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2699 v3 scoring 789. Source: Intel internal estimates.
4* Idle power represents the average power of the server while not under any workload.
Results have been estimated based on internal Intel analysis and are provided for informational purposes only. Any difference in system hardware or software design or configuration may
affect actual performance. Physical to physical consolidation scenario. Intel's compilers may or may not optimize to the same degree for non-Intel microprocessors for optimizations that are
not unique to Intel microprocessors. These optimizations include SSE2, SSE3, and SSE3 instruction sets and other optimizations. Intel does not guarantee the availability, functionality, or
effectiveness of any optimization on microprocessors not manufactured by Intel. Microprocessor-dependent optimizations in this product are intended for use with Intel microprocessors.
Certain optimizations not specific to Intel microarchitecture are reserved for Intel microprocessors. Please refer to the applicable product User and Reference Guides for more information
regarding the specific instruction sets covered by this notice. Notice revision #20110804
*Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others.
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Security: Protect. Detect. Recover.
Protect against more threats, allow faster detection of threats, and accelerate
recovery of infrastructure and data on Intel-based datacenters
Secure Data
Optimize Operations
for Security
At-rest, In-flight, In-use. Fast, hardware based
encryption
End-to-end chain of trust. Verifiable,
automated infrastructure, on premise and off.
Intel® AES-NI, Intel® Secure Key
McAfee® ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO)
Intel® Expressway Tokenization Broker
McAfee® Enterprise Security Manager (ESM)
McAfee® Datacenter Suite
Intel® TXT
Intel® Xeon® E5-2600 v3 product family and VMware vSphere*
Performance Benefits
Performance
100
Based Servers
Business Value
100
2x
Eighteen-Core
Intel® Xeon®
Processor
VMware vSphere*
Increase in
physical
CPU (160 to
320 pCPU)
4x
Up to
more performance1
3.3x
E5-2600 v3 Product
Family-based
Servers
&
Business Benefits
Increase in
VRAM (256
GB to 1 TB)
*Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others.
8x
Increase in
virtual CPU
per VM (8
to 64)
Six-Core Intel® Xeon®
Processor X5690
Deploying virtualized workloads at near native
performance increases operational efficiency
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.
For more information, visit intel.com/performance
Configuration details on the following page
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Configuration Details for VMware vSphere and Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family
Processor
Intel® Xeon® Processor X5690
(formerly Westmere)
(6C, 3.46 GHz, 130 W)
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2699 v3
(formerly Haswell)
(18C, 2.3 GHz, 145 W)
Sockets
2
2
Memory
12 x 8GB DDR3-1333
16 x 32GB DDR4-2133
VMWare* Software Distribution
ESXi 4.1 on vCenter 4.1
(Distributed with vSphere* 4.1)
ESXi 5.5 on vCenter 5.5
(Distributed with vSphere* 5.5)
Virtualization Performance
7.9 @ 7 tiles
26.48 @ 22 tiles
1Up
to 3.3x improvement in VM performance based on VMmark 2.x workload comparing baseline Fujitsu PRIMENERGY RX300 S6 with two Intel® Xeon® Processor X5690 , VMmark*
v2.1.1 score: 7.59 @ 7 tiles to the new Fujitsu PRIMERGY RX2540 M1 platform with two Intel Xeon Processor E5-2699 v3, VMware ESXi 5.5.0 U2, VMmark v2.5.2 score: 26.48 @ 22 tiles.
Source as of September 8, 2014. VMware® VMmark® is a product of VMware, Inc.
*Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others.
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