Intel's lineup of 32 nm Xeon processors

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Wait, these are all LGA 1366 and not LGA 1567??!?!?! If so....

If not, which ones are LGA 1366 if any? Wow, Westmere quad cores with 12mb L3

EDIT:
Ok I'm not positive but I think only the ones that start with W are LGA 1366. That W3680 looks mighty fine. Probably gonna cost like 5 or $600 though.

EDIT2:

I don't think it will be any cheaper than the i7 980X The current Xeon that matches the i7 975 is the W3580 and it sells for $1000

[JaD]

I´m so going to get one E5640

You do know it's a 800$ part right?

All those CPUs are meant for MP systems, and priced accordingly.
Unfortunately, not a single 32nm Xeon is gonna be more viable than the i7 980X.

[BulldogPO]

What, really :o

[ajaidev]

I hope these new 6 cores on 32nm will produce less heat, because i7 on 45nm does run quite warm, even warmer than my old Q9650 which is disappointing.

Ya even my i9 runs a bit warm

IMO all 1366 cpus are bloody furnaces, so far non of the coolers i used are powerful enough to help cool the i9 @ 4.5ghz 24/7...

Now you can say the chilled water gets from chilled state to a warm state in my water based cooler

Wait, these are all LGA 1366 and not LGA 1567??!?!?! If so....

If not, which ones are LGA 1366 if any? Wow, Westmere quad cores with 12mb L3

EDIT:
Ok I'm not positive but I think only the ones that start with W are LGA 1366. That W3680 looks mighty fine. Probably gonna cost like 5 or $600 though.

EDIT2:

I don't think it will be any cheaper than the i7 980X The current Xeon that matches the i7 975 is the W3580 and it sells for $1000

I think sandy bridge was suppose to come with a socket change not the i9 or Xeons based on WM...
I hate changing mobo's when you get attached to one its hard letting go...

[zalbard]

I hate changing mobo's when you get attached to one its hard letting go...

No kidding, especially when your old one was 300-400$ and the new one offers all new stuff.

[Sam_oslo]

17 CPU on Jan. 7, confirmed



Intel: New graphics, 'Core' chips coming

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17 CPU on Jan. 7, confirmed



Intel: New graphics, 'Core' chips coming

If you take the Xeon's and the rumoured new Pentium, i3 and i5 CPUs that's more than 17.

From what I've seen of the 32nm CPUs 4 GHz on air is feasible and on decent water is almost a given.

[Sam_oslo]

Yes at least, but that is possible on current CPU's too.

If I'm not mistaking, several of these 32nm CPU's will end up closer to 5GHZ on air. Exciting stuff is on the way, is my expectations.

[ajaidev]

Yes at least, but that is possible on current CPU's too.

If I'm not mistaking, several of these 32nm CPU's will end up closer to 5GHZ on air. Exciting stuff is on the way, is my expectations.

I dont know how well 5ghz on air will do. My i5 cant go more than 4.5ghz on 1.5v but i have seen i3's going 4.7ghz on 1.4v... I hope the i3's dont OC more than the i5's can or it maybe i got a dud.

[sethk]

I thought there weren't supposed to be any quad core 32nm CPUs until Sandy Bridge. Does this mean that something has changed, or will some of those CPUs be 45nm?

[H2O]

I thought there weren't supposed to be any quad core 32nm CPUs until Sandy Bridge. Does this mean that something has changed, or will some of those CPUs be 45nm?

There will be no desktop 32nm quads until SB. There will be 32nm Xeons, however they will be very expensive ($1000+).

[Katanai]

There will be no desktop 32nm quads until SB. There will be 32nm Xeons, however they will be very expensive ($1000+).

How can you be so certain? ATM I'm not so sure, maybe they will release some in the middle of next year.

[H2O]

How can you be so certain? ATM I'm not so sure, maybe they will release some in the middle of next year.

I'm not. However, it will take Intel some time to ramp up their 32nm process, so the first few months will only see small numbers of wafers being produced. These wafers will need to be used on high-profit parts (Xeons and EEs) or where there will be significant uptaker (OEMs from major computer brands). Thus, the 32nm desktop quads are left out in the cold, being neither a high-profit part or a part with large demand (This is but one example).

Again, no one knows for sure except for a small group of people, however most of the current signs point to no.

[saaya]

32nm quad xeons wont be that expensive...
server makers dont give a damn about higher clocks and them being 32nm...
all they care about is lower tdp and higher clocks, and thats how intel will position them.
so expect them to cost 0-20% more than 45nm xeons at the same clocks, since they have a lower tdp.
since there will be a wide range of 6core xeons, and the fastest one will probably be around 1200 us$, there will be 6core xeons well below 1000 us$. then how could 32nm QUADS all cost 1000 us$ or more? makes no sense at all
they will start at 300-400$ i think

[H2O]

32nm quad xeons wont be that expensive...
server makers dont give a damn about higher clocks and them being 32nm...
all they care about is lower tdp and higher clocks, and thats how intel will position them.
so expect them to cost 0-20% more than 45nm xeons at the same clocks, since they have a lower tdp.
since there will be a wide range of 6core xeons, and the fastest one will probably be around 1200 us$, there will be 6core xeons well below 1000 us$. then how could 32nm QUADS all cost 1000 us$ or more? makes no sense at all
they will start at 300-400$ i think

I hope that's true, everything I have heard has pointed to them being very expensive. CES can't come fast enough.

[Florinmocanu]

the 2.26 ghz hexa-core Xeon should be around 300-400 euros, since it's the cheapest.. So, probably it will replace my current 920 D0...

[Mr.BSEL]

If you look at Intel's current price list for the Xeon processor, you can get a good estimate of what the prices are going to be.

Hexa-Cores
x5680-$1600, x5670-$1386, x5660-$1172, x5650,L5640-$958, w3680-$999

Quad-Cores
x5677-$1600, x5667-$1172, e5640-$774, e5630-$530, e5620-$373, L5630-$530

L5609-$423, e5507-$266, e5503-$196, w3530-$284

[H2O]

Sounds about right, although I can see them being a little more expensive.

A little search turned up this:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...0&postcount=21

[sethk]

This is starting to make sense. If there is no quad 32nm Wxxxx CPU (I don't see one on the list) that would mean they are not targeting any desktop platform (including SP workstations) with a 32nm quad. I guess you could pay the premium and run the E56xx quads on an X58 (?) if they update the BIOS to support these CPUs. Will be interesting to see how far they overclock, if this combination is possible.

[mibo]

Is it possible to run a 2P Xeon in a X58 S1366 board? Did somebody try this out?

[tool_462]

Is it possible to run a 2P Xeon in a X58 S1366 board? Did somebody try this out?

Yep. Lots of people do it, X58 boards just wont make use of the double QPI bandwidth.

[mibo]

Yep. Lots of people do it, X58 boards just wont make use of the double QPI bandwidth.

Thank you.
Let's hope that it will work with the 32nm Xeons, too.

[BulldogPO]

Yes it will.

[mibo]

Yes it will.

Do you expect the 32nm quads to work with every X58 board? Or, will just a few manufacturers update their BIOSses?

[Levish]

So, let's take a look at the actual prices.

i7 920 - $288.99

Xeon W3520 - $309.99

Xeon X5550 - $999.99

The X5550 has a lower 95W TDP and a faster 6.4GT/sec QPI and it can operate in dual socket mobo of course. The other specs are the same. 2.66GHz, 8MB L3, etc.

So I think that these new X series Xeons will be rather expensive "toys"...

Xeons IMC also have ECC support over the desktop variants, which is fairly important to note especially since we are now looking at boards which in single processor configurations can take up to 24GB of DDR3 and most server DP boards take 96GB (or more).