Eight cores per processor and up to 768GB of system memory, increasing performance of the Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 product family by up to 80 %

Support for Intel Advanced Vector Extension (AVX) that doubles the performance on compute-intensive applications such as financial analysis, media content creation and high performance computing

Additional built-in technologies such as Intel’s Turbo Boost Technology 2.0, Hyper-Threading Technology and Virtualization Technology providing flexible capabilities to increase the performance of IT infrastructure

Reduction of the total cost of ownership by improving energy efficient performance more than 50 percent, compared to the previous generation Intel Xeon processor 5600 series

Support for tools to monitor and control power usage such as Intel’s Node Manager and Data Center Manager, giving IT managers “accurate, real-time power and thermal data to system management consoles”

Intel Integrated I/O (IIO) and Intel Data Direct I/O (DDIO) which allow “Intel Ethernet controllers and adapters to route I/O traffic directly to processor cache, reducing trips to system memory reducing power consumption and I/O latency”

Direct integration into the microprocessor with the I/O controller supporting PCI Express 3.0, reducing latency up to 30 % compared to earlier processor families. PCI Express 3.0 can almost triple the movement of data into and out of the processor