© 2008 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice ProLiant G5 to G6 Processor Positioning

Intel Single-Core Intel Multi-Core Relative Performance Intel® Xeon® 5100 Intel® Xeon® 5300 Intel® Xeon® 5400 Intel® Xeon® 5500 Performance gains represent a blend (GEO mean) of five common 2-socket workload types across a range of typical usages (see details) Source. Intel. December 8, Based on Internal testing on pre-production Intel Xeon Processor 5500 based servers. This information is preliminary and subject to change before launch. Enables unprecedented opportunities for business For notes and disclaimers, see performance and legal information slides at end of this presentation. Intel® Xeon® Processor 2S Performance Compelling performance gains

Intel Xeon 5500 Processor Positioning Sell the added features available on higher end processors Advanced Standard Basic Usage CoresCache Link Speed Max Mem Speed Turbo † HT 8M 6.4 GT/s 1333 MHz +3 48M 5.86 GT/s 1066 MHz M 4.8 GT/s 800 MHz No Turbo No HT CPU Number E5540 (2.53 GHz) E5530 (2.40 GHz) E5504 (2.00 GHz) E5502 (1.86 GHz) X5570 (2.93 GHz) X5560 (2.80 GHz) X5550 (2.66 GHz) 95W 80W Dual Core Low Power 80W L5520 L5506 E5520 (2.26 GHz) E5506 (2.13 GHz) 60W 4 A faster processor delivers better performance and business ROI lowering CapEx and OpEx within your Customer’s IT environment (up to 20% lower 4 year TCO).

Higher is better Xeon® 5100 Series (“Woodcrest”) Xeon® 5400 Series (“Harpertown”) Data Source: Published/measured/submitted results as of March 30, Xeon® 5500 Series (“Nehalem-EP”) SC Xeon DC Rapid Payback 12 month ROI from G5 Rapid Payback 3 month ROI from G4 Lower Operating Costs Power/Cooling Savings Lower Software Costs OS licensing Savings ProLiant G6 gives you the best return for your budget Integer throughput performance on SPECint*_rate_base2006

Intel® Xeon® 5500 Relative Performance SPECint_rate_base2006* (Linux) Harpertown 2.00/BF1333E5405 Nehalem 2.00/4.8/800E5504 Harpertown 2.33/BF1333E5410 Nehalem 2.13/4.8/800E5506 Harpertown 2.50/BF1333E5420 Nehalem 2.26/5.86/1066E5520 Harpertown 2.67/BF1333E5430 Nehalem 2.40/5.86/1066E5530 Harpertown 2.83/BF1333E5440 Nehalem 2.53/5.86/1066E5540 Harpertown 3.00/BF1333E5450 Nehalem 2.66/6.40/1333X5550 Harpertown 3.16/BF1333X5460 Nehalem 2.80/6.40/1333X5560 Harpertown 3.33/BF1333X5470 Nehalem 2.93/6.40/1333X5570 £229 £265 £285 £339 £359 £449 £479 £599 £629 £825 £895 £1055 £1019 £1249 £1339 £1499 Data Source: Intel internal measurements on January 26, Turbo Boost and Intel HT are both ON for Xeon® 5500 measurements. Performance tests and ratings are measured using specific computer systems and/or components and reflect the approximate performance of Intel products as measured by those tests. Any difference in system hardware or software design or configuration may affect actual performance. Buyers should consult other sources of information to evaluate the performance of systems or components they are considering purchasing. For more information on performance tests and on the performance of Intel products, visit Intel Performance Benchmark LimitationsIntel Performance Benchmark Limitations Huge performanc e leap for Standard and Performance SKUs List prices at launch

G5 to G6 Product transition Sell the value of the higher Performing Processors G5 2.00/BF1333E5405 G6 2.00/4.8/800E5504 G5 2.33/BF1333E5410 G6 2.13/4.8/800E5506 G5 2.50/BF1333E5420 G6 2.26/5.86/1066E5520 G5 2.67/BF1333E5430 G6 2.40/5.86/1066E5530 G5 2.83/BF1333E5440 G6 2.53/5.86/1066E5540 G5 3.00/BF1333E5450 G6 2.66/6.40/1333X5550 G5 3.16/BF1333X5460 G6 2.80/6.40/1333X5560 G5 3.33/BF1333X5470 G6 2.93/6.40/1333X5570 £229 £265 £285 £339 £359 £449 £479 £599 £629 £825 £895 £1055 £1019 £1249 £1339 £1499 G6 offers significant performance over G5 at same bin-level! 68% 64% 70% 67% 72% 52% 57% 51% 56% 50% 57% 10% 15% 11% 21% Integer throughput % performance increases on SPECint*_rate_base2006 Performance sensitive customers Price sensitive customers

Nehalem 2.00/4.8/800E5504 Nehalem 2.13/4.8/800E5506 Nehalem 2.26/5.86/1066E5520 Nehalem 2.40/5.86/1066E5530 Nehalem 2.53/5.86/1066E5540 Nehalem 2.66/6.40/1333X5550 Nehalem 2.80/6.40/1333X5560 Nehalem 2.93/6.40/1333X5570 £265 £339 £599 £825 £1055 £1249 £1499 Harpertown 2.00/BF1333E5405 Harpertown 2.33/BF1333E5410 Harpertown 2.50/BF1333E5420 Harpertown 2.67/BF1333E5430 Harpertown 2.83/BF1333E5440 Harpertown 3.00/BF1333E5450 Harpertown 3.16/BF1333X5460 Harpertown 3.33/BF1333X5470 £229 £285 £359 £479 £895 £1019 £1339 £449 £629 32% 37% 41% 46% 50% 10% 15% 21% G5 to G6 Product transition If customer price is key, look to migrate to G6 at a similar net value and still benefit from increased performance – as indicated below. % performance improvements Comparison is processor list price as server model pricing varies per configuration.

Intel® Xeon® Processor 5500 series based Server platforms Stream Bandwidth for Xeon X5570 processor

Available CPU Options  8M cache  6.4 GT/s QPI  HT  Turbo  8M cache  5.86 GT/s QPI  HT  Turbo  4M cache  4.8 GT/s QPI Advanced DDR GB max mem Max of 18 Dimms DDR GB max mem Max of 12 Dimms DDR GB max mem Max of 6 Dimms Memory Requirement Max Capacity Balanced Performance Max Bandwidth HPC General Purpose Enterprise workloads Virtualized Environment E GHz E GHz E GHz (2C) Example Usages Memory Technology E GHz E GHz E GHz X GHz X GHz X GHz E GHz E GHz E GHz X GHz X GHz X GHz Standard Basic X GHz X GHz X GHz 80W 95W 80W Data shown is Stream-Triad bandwidth in MB/Sec Platform is two socket with a 3 Channels Per Socket DPC – DIMM (s) Per Channel 1 DPC – DPC – DPC – DPC – DPC – DPC – DPC – DPC – DPC – DPC – DPC – DPC – DPC – DPC – Source: Intel internal measurement – March 2009 Intel Xeon 5500 & Memory Performance Guidance

Intel® Xeon® Processor 5500 Series based Platforms ISV Application Performance Guidance Exceptional gains (1.6x to 3x) on ISV applications

Intel® Xeon® Processor 5500 series based Server platforms Server Performance comparison to Xeon 5400 Series ERP Floating point DatabaseWebDatabase Virtualizat ion Server Side Java Java Apps Energy Efficiency Integer App Server Xeon 5400 series Relative Performance Higher is better

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