- Conclusion Get the lowdown
- Performance Real world benchmarks
- Features How it compares
- Our Analysis Technical breakdown
- Reviews Word on the street
- Competition Others to consider
- Discussion Answers and opinions
Intel Xeon E5-2690
- 2.9 GHz
- Octa core
Released March, 2012
Conclusion Check out the Intel Xeon E5-2690
 | Performance | ||
Overall performance using all cores | |||
| Xeon E5-2690 |
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| Core i7 3970X |
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| Core i7 3770K |
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| Ingredients: GeekBench | |||
 | Single-core Performance | ||
Performance of an individual core | |||
| Xeon E5-2690 |
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| Core i7 3970X |
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| Core i7 3770K |
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| Ingredients: Cinebench R10 32-bit (1-core), Passmark (Single Core) and x264 HD 4.0 (Pass 2) | |||
 | Cost to Run | ||
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| Xeon E5-2690 |
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| Core i7 3970X |
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| Core i7 3770K |
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| Ingredients: Commercial Energy Cost | |||
 | Value | ||
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| Xeon E5-2690 |
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| Core i7 3970X |
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| Core i7 3770K |
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| Ingredients: Performance Per Dollar | |||
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Performance Real world tests of Intel Xeon E5-2690
Features Key features of the Intel Xeon E5-2690
Our analysis How does it stack up against its top 10 competitors
pros
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3.8 GHz -
AES, AVX, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, Supplemental SSE3 -
Built-in -
20 MB -
2.9 GHz -
Maximizes usage of each CPU core -
LGA 2011, LGA 2011 -
16 -
17,482
cons
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2 MB -
109.69W -
0.25 MB/core -
118.26 $/year -
32.52 $/year -
Mar, 2012
Reviews Word on the street
Competition What else you should consider
 | 1 | Intel Core i7 3970X OK turbo clock speed Core i7 3970X vs Xeon E5-2690 |
 | 2 | Intel Core i7 3770K Latest manufacturing process Core i7 3770K vs Xeon E5-2690 |
 | 3 | Intel Xeon E5-2687W 3-way tie: Lots of l3 cache E5-2687W vs E5-2690 |
 | 4 | Intel Xeon X5690 High Maximum Operating Temperature X5690 vs E5-2690 |
 | 5 | AMD Opteron 6272 2-way tie: Lots of l2 cache AMD Opteron 6272 vs Intel Xeon E5-2690 |
 | 6 | AMD Opteron 6344 2-way tie: OK typical power consumption AMD Opteron 6344 vs Intel Xeon E5-2690 |
 | 7 | Intel Xeon E5-4650 Supports quite a lot of RAM E5-4650 vs E5-2690 |
 | 8 | AMD Opteron 6386 SE 2-way tie: Lots of l2 cache AMD Opteron 6386 SE vs Intel Xeon E5-2690 |
New duel?
Let the battle continue or dare to compare.
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