Intel® Xeon® Processor 7000 Sequence

The Intel® Xeon® processor 7400 series, offers the industry's highest virtualization performance so you can do more with less. With key platform innovations built-in, the Intel® Xeon® processor 7400 series offers more headroom, reliability, and the highest expandability for large-scale server consolidation.

Product information

• Product brief: Intel® Xeon® processor 7400 series

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Best-in-class performance

With enhanced 45nm Intel® Core™ microarchitecture, the new Intel® Xeon® processor 7400 series is best-in-class for demanding enterprise workloads with almost 50% better performance in some cases and up to 10% reduction in platform power compared to previous generation expandable servers.◊¹ Designed and optimized for IT, these 6-core processors provide industry-leading multi-core processing and greater computing performance without increasing footprint and power demands.

With 16MB shared L3 cache, scalability beyond four sockets, 1066 million transfers per second (MT/s), and support for up to 256GB of RAM, the Intel® Xeon® processor 7400 series is the ideal choice for your data-intensive, business-critical performance requirements.

Headroom and scalability built in

Offering more low voltage options including 65W 6-core and 50W 4-core processors, Intel® Xeon® processor 7400 series for blade and ultra-dense platforms reduce cooling requirements, lowering IT costs. In addition, these processors are designed with Intel® Virtualization Technology (Intel® VT), enabling an ecosystem of software-based virtualization from industry leading software providers.

Features and benefits

Intel® Xeon® processor 7400 series	Leading scalable performance with decreased footprint and power demands Industry's lowest watt per core platform with available 65 watt processor Based on 45nm Intel® Core™ microarchitecture enabling low voltage options for ultra-dense deployments Compatibility with previous generation Intel® Xeon® processor 7300 series
Hardware-assisted virtualization technology	Highest virtualization performance, leading on all industry standard virtualization benchmarks¹ More virtual machines on all servers Investment protection and flexibility with Intel® Virtualization Technology FlexMigration (Intel® VT FlexMigration)¹ More efficient disaster recovery and high availability through virtualization Broadest ecosystem support with virtualization software providers and leading OEMs
Up to16 MB, shared L3 cache	Keeps more needed data closer to the cores for access faster than off-chip memory
Intel® 64 architecture²	Enables extended memory addressability for server applications
Enhanced reliability and manageability	Many memory controller features, together with PCI Express* RAS features combine for outstanding platform reliability Error Correcting Code (ECC) system bus, new memory mirroring and I/O hot-plug