Intel Turbo Boost Technology Intel Turbo Boost Technology is a feature that dynamically increases the processor's frequency as needed. It takes advantage of thermal and power headroom to give you a burst of speed when you need it, while also increasing energy efficiency when you don't. Intel vPro Platform Eligibility Intel vPro Technology is a set of security and manageability capabilities built into the processor. It is designed to address four critical areas of IT security: threat management, identity and web site access point protection, confidential data protection, and remote and local monitoring and repair of PCs and workstations. Intel Hyper-Threading Technology Intel Hyper-Threading Technology (Intel HT Technology) delivers two processing threads per physical core. This allows highly threaded applications to get more work done in parallel, completing tasks sooner. Intel Virtualization Technology (VT-x) Intel Virtualization Technology (VT-x) allows one hardware platform to function as multiple virtual platforms. This improves manageability by limiting downtime and maintaining productivity by isolating computing activities into separate partitions. Intel Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d) Intel Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d) adds support for I/O-device virtualization to the existing support for IA-32 (VT-x) and Itanium processor (VT-i) virtualization. This can help improve security and reliability of systems, as well as performance of I/O devices in virtualized environments. Intel VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT) Intel VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT), also known as Second Level Address Translation (SLAT), provides acceleration for memory intensive virtualized applications. This reduces memory and power overhead costs and can increase battery life through hardware optimization of page table management. Intel TSX-NI Intel Transactional Synchronization Extensions New Instructions (Intel TSX-NI) are a set of instructions focused on multi-threaded performance scaling. This technology helps make parallel operations more efficient by improving control of locks in software. Intel 64 Intel 64 architecture delivers 64-bit computing on server, workstation, desktop, and mobile platforms when combined with supporting software. This architecture improves performance by allowing systems to address more than 4 GB of both virtual and physical memory. Instruction Set An instruction set refers to the basic set of commands and instructions that a microprocessor understands and can carry out. The value shown represents which Intels instruction set this processor is compatible with. Instruction Set Extensions Instruction Set Extensions are additional instructions which can increase performance when the same operations are performed on multiple data objects. These can include SSE (Streaming SIMD Extensions) and AVX (Advanced Vector Extensions). # of AVX-512 FMA Units Intel Advanced Vector Extensions 512 (AVX-512) is a new instruction set extension that delivers ultra-wide (512-bit) vector operations capabilities. It can include up to 2 FMAs (Fused Multiply Add instructions), which can accelerate performance for demanding computational tasks. Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology is an advanced means of enabling high performance while meeting the power-conservation needs of mobile systems. It uses design strategies such as Separation between Voltage and Frequency Changes, and Clock Partitioning and Recovery to switch between high and low levels of voltage and frequency in response to processor load. Intel Speed Shift Technology Intel Speed Shift Technology uses hardware-controlled P-states to deliver quicker responsiveness with single-threaded, transient (short duration) workloads. This can include tasks such as web browsing, by allowing the processor to quickly select its best operating frequency and voltage for optimal performance and power efficiency.
