The only thing that comes close is its four core Sandy Bridge, no -E, siblings. Sandy-E, as the desktop single socket version is known as, is fast, in fact it is the single fastest desktop CPU out there by any sane benchmark. Why did we say that chip left us feeling unexcited but the same thing in two socket form is the best thing since sliced and polished 300mm ingots? How can two such radically different opinions form from the same freaking part? Easy, the intended purpose for this one is diametrically opposed to that of the Core iSomethingMeaningless7 3960X and the new Xeon E5-2600 line. On the face of it, there isn’t much to talk about with this chip, Sandy Bridge-E, the single socket version, came out last year, and this is the same silicon. To say that it is the best server CPU out there is just scratching the surface, it really approaches a Server System on a Chip (SoC) level. Intel is finally launching the Romley platform today, the two socket Sandy Bridge-EP based server line.
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