Intel Xeon E5-2689 vs E5-2650 v3 |
Released March, 2012
Intel Xeon E5-2689
- 2.6 GHz
- Octa core
Reasons to buy the Intel Xeon E5-2689
 | Much higher clock speed 2.6 GHz |
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Released July, 2014
Intel Xeon E5-2650 v3
- 2.3 GHz
- Deca core
- Unlocked
Reasons to buy the E5-2650 v3
| | Much more l3 cache 25 MB | | More threads 20 |
| | Newer manufacturing process 22 nm | | Lower typical power consumption 85.31W |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Much higher clock speed | 2.6 GHz | vs | 2.3 GHz | Around 15% higher clock speed | |||
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| Much more l3 cache | 25 MB | vs | 20 MB | 25% more l3 cache; more data can be stored in the l3 cache for quick access later | |||
| More threads | 20 | vs | 16 | 4 more threads | |||
| Newer manufacturing process | 22 nm | vs | 32 nm | A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor | |||
| Lower typical power consumption | 85.31W | vs | 93.44W | Around 10% lower typical power consumption | |||
| Newer | Jul, 2014 | vs | Mar, 2012 | Release date over 2 years later | |||
| Lower annual commercial energy cost | 91.98 $/year | vs | 100.74 $/year | Around 10% lower annual commercial energy cost | |||
| Lower annual home energy cost | 25.29 $/year | vs | 27.7 $/year | Around 10% lower annual home energy cost | |||
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Benchmarks Real world tests of Xeon E5-2689 vs E5-2650 v3
GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
PassMark Data courtesy Passmark
PassMark (Single Core)
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Xeon E5-2689 | vs | E5-2650 v3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clock speed | 2.6 GHz | 2.3 GHz | |
| Cores | Octa core | Deca core | |
features | |||
| Has a NX bit | Yes | Yes | |
| Supports trusted computing | Yes | Yes | |
| Has virtualization support | Yes | Yes | |
| Instruction set extensions | |||
| SSE2 | |||
| MMX | |||
| AVX | |||
| SSE3 | |||
| SSE | |||
| SSE4.1 | |||
| SSE4.2 | |||
| Supplemental SSE3 | |||
| AES | |||
| AVX 2.0 | |||
| Supports dynamic frequency scaling | Yes | Yes | |
details | Xeon E5-2689 | vs | E5-2650 v3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Threads | 16 | 20 | |
| L3 cache | 20 MB | 25 MB | |
| L3 cache per core | 2.5 MB/core | 2.5 MB/core | |
| Manufacture process | 32 nm | 22 nm | |
| Max CPUs | 2 | 2 | |
power consumption | |||
| TDP | 115W | 105W | |
| Annual home energy cost | 27.7 $/year | 25.29 $/year | |
| Annual commercial energy cost | 100.74 $/year | 91.98 $/year | |
| Performance per watt | 10.97 pt/W | 7.93 pt/W | |
| Typical power consumption | 93.44W | 85.31W | |
bus | |||
| Architecture | QPI | QPI | |
| Number of links | 2 | 2 | |
| Data rate | 64,000 MB/s | 76,800 MB/s | |
| Transfer rate | 8,000 MT/s | 9,600 MT/s | |
| Clock speed | 4,000 MHz | 4,800 MHz | |
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