Eight Core

Intel Xeon Processor E5-2680 (Sandy Bridge-EP, 32 nm, Socket LGA 2011). 8 Cores / 16 Threads at 2.70 GHz (3.50 GHz Turbo), 20 MB Smart Cache, Quad-Channel DDR3, 130W TDP, and dual 8.00 GT/s QPI links. PassMark CPU Mark: 9,284. Museum collection holds 4 units (SR0KH / C2 stepping; 1 active in Corsair Air 540 “Cube”, 3 archive).

Apple Mac Pro “Eight Core” 2.26 (Early 2009/Nehalem) – Professional 64-bit Workstation Identifiers: Early 2009 · MB535LL/A · MacPro4,1 · A1289 · EMC 2314 Introduction / Discontinuation Released: March 3, 2009 Discontinued: July 27, 2010 Device Type: Professional desktop workstation Overview The Mac Pro “Eight Core” 2.26 (Early 2009) introduced Apple’s transition to the Intel Xeon Nehalem architecture. Powered by two 2.26 GHz Quad-Core Xeon E5520 processors (8 cores total, 16 threads with Hyper-Threading), it featured Turbo Boost for dynamic…