Mixed up info on E5-1650

[Ricow]

Hy everyone!

When these units came up earlier this year there was a lot of talking about it over the web, but I just came to realize one thing: There are 3 different specs for the Xeon E5-1650.

Intel's product brief (which has been replicated by server companies) says 15MB L3:

http://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/product-briefs/xeon-e5-brief.pdf

Intel Ark says 10MB:

http://ark.intel.com/products/64601/Intel-Xeon-Processor-E5-1650-(10M-Cache-3_20-GHz-0_0-GTs-Intel-QPI)

Everyone else says 12MB:

http://www.cpu-world.com/news_2011/2011091901_Prices_of_Intel_Xeon_E5-1600_series_CPUs.html

http://www.sabrepc.com/p-2807-intel-cm8062101102002-xeon-e5-1650-romley-29ghz-six-core-12mb-l3-cache-socket-2011-130w-server-processor-tray.aspx

Every reseller I've seem claims to be 12MB as well.

So, is Intel mistaken once or twice about their own product?

Thanks!

 

[chesteracorgi]

No, the material from Intel is a pre-production spec sheet. The actual specs are with the resellers. You have to understand that the pre-production materials are subject to the fine print: "Intel may make changes to specifications and product descriptions at any time, without notice." (Quoted from the fine print on the pdf you reference).