That's a fairly impressive lineup from Intel, any price leaks so far? Those 8cores are looking pretty beastly.
 
Can't wait to see what kind of rigs people on the forum will build with those 10K$+ budgets :D

Eyeing, Xeon E5-2650L for the Xeon server upgrades

wgmann03

Xeon E5-2687W 8 16 3.1 GHz 20 MB DDR3-1600 150 Watt  

20MB Cache... complete overkill.

Bulldozer/Zambezi/Interlagos has 16MB... right?

Brocasta
Bulldozer/Zambezi/Interlagos has 16MB... right?

32MBs
 
2MBs L2 per Module, 2MBs L3 per Module
 
Interlagos 32MB
Valencia 16MB
Zambezi 16MB
 
AMD is not core specific
Intel is core specific
 
256KB L2 per Core, 2.5MB L3 per Core
 
Xeon Romley 4 core -> 11MB
Xeon Romley 6 core -> 16.5MB
Xeon Romley 8 core -> 22MB

FYI:

• Xeon E5-1600 replaces Xeon W3500/W3600 (Core i7 counterparts)
• Xeon E5-2600 is in part going after Xeon 5500/5600's
• Xeon E5-4600 will be aimed at Xeon 7500 and E7's.

All three use LGA2011, but we can't mix and match with our X79's.  Intel is making an entirely different chipset just for E5-1600 called "C600", so those CPUs may not work in X79 either. 
 
It's sad reading those comments people still don't understand the meaning of Intel's TDP.  TDP is just a thermal (heat wattage) category stating that a part cannot qualify for the next one down, so it gets the next one up.  This way cooling companies don't have to tailor coolers to each CPU, rather a category, and Intel can debut future CPUs and still fall within an already established category.  Companies/customers don't have the change the cooler everytime. 
 
Look at 2670 and 2680, differ by just 100MHz yet put in 115W TDP and 130W TDP, respectively.  Since all other die specs are identical, chances are 2680 ends up slightly above 115W and doesn't qualify anymore.  In fact all 20MB L3 cache 8-cores only differ by frequency and TDP, if we assumed linear variation we could see which see how close each one could come within their TDP's.

lehpron

FYI:

• Xeon E5-1600 replaces Xeon W3500/W3600 (Core i7 counterparts)
• Xeon E5-2600 is in part going after Xeon 5500/5600's
• Xeon E5-4600 will be aimed at Xeon 7500 and E7's.

All three use LGA2011, but we can't mix and match with our X79's.  Intel is making an entirely different chipset just for E5-1600 called "C600", so those CPUs may not work in X79 either. 

It's sad reading those comments people still don't understand the meaning of Intel's TDP.  TDP is just a thermal (heat wattage) category stating that a part cannot qualify for the next one down, so it gets the next one up.  This way cooling companies don't have to tailor coolers to each CPU, rather a category, and Intel can debut future CPUs and still fall within an already established category.  Companies/customers don't have the change the cooler everytime. 

Look at 2670 and 2680, differ by just 100MHz yet put in 115W TDP and 130W TDP, respectively.  Since all other die specs are identical, chances are 2680 ends up slightly above 115W and doesn't qualify anymore.  In fact all 20MB L3 cache 8-cores only differ by frequency and TDP, if we assumed linear variation we could see which see how close each one could come within their TDP's.

 
What's sad is that you don't understand my post and conclude that I don't understand what TDP means. Well, you're wrong. I know what TDP means and in fact, hence my post. I found the TDP values reported interesting as there are new categories that didn't exist before.
 
 

Halo_003

That E5-2687W looks like a total beast.

two of those for a FAH rig please! 

Probably, let me rummage around in my piggy bank...

seronx

Brocasta
Bulldozer/Zambezi/Interlagos has 16MB... right?

32MBs

2MBs L2 per Module, 2MBs L3 per Module

Interlagos 32MB
Valencia 16MB
Zambezi 16MB

AMD is not core specific
Intel is core specific

256KB L2 per Core, 2.5MB L3 per Core

Xeon Romley 4 core -> 11MB
Xeon Romley 6 core -> 16.5MB
Xeon Romley 8 core -> 22MB

How is AMD not core specific and intel is? Do you you mean that because each unit has the cache instead of each core?

The lineup looks great and I'm glad to see Intel moving to 8-cores. I'd be curious to see if Intel eventually comes out with a 10-core setup for SB-E like what the E7-8870 supports. Hopefully we'll see some benchmarks between SB-E Xeon dual and quad socket against AMD Interlagos.