Intel Quad-Core Xeon Clovertown

Maximize performance 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.

DomainGurus dedicated servers 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 software-based 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 software- supported I/O acceleration that significantly improves data throughput.

Features	Benefits
Quad-core processing	Maximizes performance and performance/watt for greater performance per square foot for data center infrastructures and highly dense deployments. Increases performance and threading headroom for multi-threaded applications and heavy multi-tasking scenarios, plus helps boost system utilization through virtualization and application responsiveness.
Intel Core microarchitecture	Better performance on multiple application types and user environments, while reducing cooling challenges, enabling more capable, denser data center deployments.
Large 8 MB of on-die L2 cache	Increases efficiency of L2 cache-to-core data transfers, maximizing main memory to processor bandwidth and reducing latency. Up to 4 MB of L2 cache can be allocated to one core.
1066 and 1333 MHz system bus	Fast, dedicated front-side buses for increased throughput.
Intel Virtualization Technology	New processor hardware enhancements that support software-based virtualization, enabling migration of more environments — including 64-bit OS and applications — to virtual environments.
Intel 64 architecture	Flexibility for 64-bit and 32-bit applications and operating systems. Helps reduce average system power consumption and potentially improves Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology system acoustics.