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| Xeon E5-2600v2 | |
|---|---|
| Name | Xeon E5-2600v2 |
| Manufacturer | Intel Corporation |
| Family | Xeon |
| Released | 2013 |
| Cores | 4–12 |
| Thread count | 8–24 |
| Base clock | 1.6–3.3 GHz |
| Lithography | 22 nm |
| Socket | LGA 2011 |
Xeon E5-2600v2 The Intel Xeon E5-2600v2 series is a family of server and workstation microprocessors introduced by Intel Corporation in 2013 as part of the Ivy Bridge-EP generation. Designed for dual-socket and single-socket Dell EMC and Hewlett-Packard servers, the family targeted enterprise workloads such as virtualization, high-performance computing, and database systems used by organizations like Amazon (company), Facebook, Google, and Microsoft. The series balances core counts and clock speeds to serve infrastructures deployed by institutions including NASA, CERN, Bank of America, and Walmart.
Launched under the Intel Xeon brand, the E5-2600v2 lineup succeeded the Sandy Bridge-EP generation and preceded the Haswell-EP family, reflecting Intel's tick–tock cadence alongside products from competitors such as Advanced Micro Devices and industry initiatives like the Open Compute Project. OEMs such as Supermicro, IBM, Lenovo, Fujitsu, and Cisco Systems integrated these CPUs into systems used in data centers operated by Equinix, Oracle Corporation, SAP, and research centers like Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Argonne National Laboratory. The series saw adoption in cloud platforms including Rackspace and DigitalOcean and influenced standards from consortia such as the PCI-SIG and OpenStack.
Built on Intel's 22 nm Ivy Bridge microarchitecture, the E5-2600v2 family uses the Intel QuickPath Interconnect and LGA 2011 socket to provide multi-socket coherency in servers from vendors like HPE and Dell. Features include support for DDR3 memory channels, Intel Hyper-Threading Technology, Intel Turbo Boost Technology, and Intel VT-x and VT-d virtualization extensions used by platforms like VMware ESXi, KVM, and Microsoft Hyper-V. Security features align with Intel technologies referenced by institutions such as NIST and adopted in products from Trend Micro, Symantec, and McAfee. The architecture supports large cache hierarchies influenced by design principles seen in projects at MIT, Stanford University, and ETH Zurich.
The E5-2600v2 range spans models with 4 to 12 physical cores and typical thread counts from 8 to 24, with model variants tailored for power or performance; OEM SKUs were distributed by Intel partners including ASUS and Gigabyte Technology. Clock speeds vary from low-power 1.6 GHz parts to high-frequency 3.3 GHz parts, with thermal design power options common in servers from Huawei and Toshiba; cache sizes and memory capacity targets are comparable to offerings in systems from Cray and NEC. Enterprise procurement groups at organizations such as Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, Siemens, and General Electric specified these processors for transactional and simulation workloads.
Benchmarks from independent labs and vendors showed strong per-core integer and floating-point performance relative to previous generations, influencing HPC deployments at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories, and university clusters at University of Cambridge and University of Tokyo. Performance characteristics were measured using suites like SPEC CPU and LINPACK and compared in reviews by outlets such as AnandTech, Tom's Hardware, and PCWorld. In virtualization density tests relevant to VMware and Citrix Systems, E5-2600v2 systems demonstrated improved consolidation ratios versus predecessors, with transactional throughput improvements noted by finance firms like JPMorgan Chase and Morgan Stanley.
Compatible motherboards and platforms were provided by major server vendors including Dell Technologies, HPE, Lenovo, Supermicro, and whitebox builders participating in the Open Compute Project. Operating system support included Microsoft Windows Server, major Linux (kernel) distributions such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Ubuntu, and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, and BSD variants used by institutions like Netflix and Dropbox. Storage and I/O integrations in systems using these CPUs relied on standards from SATA-IO, SCSI Trade Association, and networking from vendors like Intel, Broadcom, and Mellanox Technologies.
TDP options and thermal characteristics made the series suitable for data centers following guidelines from ASHRAE and energy efficiency efforts like the Green Grid; facilities operated by Equinix and Digital Realty often optimized airflow and power delivery for these processors. Reliability features such as ECC memory support and RAS capabilities align with expectations in systems deployed by Airbus, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and research facilities like Max Planck Society and CNRS. Power management and firmware interfaces integrate with tools from Intel, HPE OneView, and Dell OpenManage.
The E5-2600v2 family found roles in virtualized hosting for Amazon Web Services-era infrastructures, scientific computing at CERN experiments, financial modeling at Bloomberg L.P. and Goldman Sachs, and enterprise databases for Oracle Corporation and SAP SE. It was used in render farms supporting studios like Industrial Light & Magic and Weta Digital, in CDN edge nodes for companies like Akamai Technologies and Cloudflare, and in academic HPC clusters at institutions such as Harvard University, Princeton University, and University of California, Berkeley.
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