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Intel Xeon E5-2670
CPUBoss recommends the Intel Xeon E5-2670 based on its cost to run and value.
See full details | Intel Xeon E5-2690 vs E5-2670 |
![]() | Much higher clock speed 2.9 GHz | ![]() | Significantly higher turbo clock speed 3.8 GHz |
![]() | Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) 3.53 GHz | ![]() | Much better overclocked clock speed (Water) 3.92 GHz |
![]() | Much higher Maximum operating temperature 80 °C | ![]() | Lower typical power consumption 93.44W |
![]() | Lower annual commercial energy cost 100.74 $/year | ![]() | Lower annual home energy cost 27.7 $/year |
Performance | |
Benchmark performance using all cores | |
PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated, PassMark and 1 more |
Single-core Performance | |
Individual core benchmark performance | |
PassMark (Single Core), Geekbench 3 Single Core and 1 more |
Integrated Graphics | |
Integrated GPU performance for graphics | |
Sky Diver and Cloud Gate |
Integrated Graphics (OpenCL) | |
Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing | |
CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 4 more |
Performance per Watt | |
How efficiently does the processor use electricity? | |
Sky Diver, Cloud Gate, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more |
Value | |
Are you paying a premium for performance? | |
Sky Diver, Cloud Gate, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more |
5.7 | CPUBoss Score |
Combination of all six facets | |
Winner |
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Much higher clock speed | 2.9 GHz | vs | 2.6 GHz | More than 10% higher clock speed | |||
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Significantly higher turbo clock speed | 3.8 GHz | vs | 3.3 GHz | More than 15% higher turbo clock speed | |||
Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) | 3.53 GHz | vs | 3.13 GHz | Around 15% better overclocked clock speed (Air) | |||
Much better overclocked clock speed (Water) | 3.92 GHz | vs | 3.08 GHz | More than 25% better overclocked clock speed (Water) | |||
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Much higher Maximum operating temperature | 80 °C | vs | 72 °C | More than 10% higher Maximum operating temperature | |||
Lower typical power consumption | 93.44W | vs | 109.69W | Around 15% lower typical power consumption | |||
Lower annual commercial energy cost | 100.74 $/year | vs | 118.26 $/year | Around 15% lower annual commercial energy cost | |||
Lower annual home energy cost | 27.7 $/year | vs | 32.52 $/year | Around 15% lower annual home energy cost |
summary | Xeon E5-2690 | vs | E5-2670 |
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Clock speed | 2.9 GHz | 2.6 GHz | |
Turbo clock speed | 3.8 GHz | 3.3 GHz | |
Cores | Octa core | Octa core | |
Socket type | |||
LGA 2011 | |||
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 | |||
Supports dynamic frequency scaling | Yes | Yes | |
power consumption | |||
TDP | 135W | 115W | |
Annual home energy cost | 32.52 $/year | 27.7 $/year | |
Annual commercial energy cost | 118.26 $/year | 100.74 $/year | |
Performance per watt | 7.64 pt/W | 7.31 pt/W | |
Typical power consumption | 109.69W | 93.44W | |
memory controller | |||
Memory controller | Built-in | Built-in | |
Memory type | |||
DDR3-1600 | |||
DDR3-1333 | |||
DDR3-1066 | |||
DDR3 | |||
DDR3-800 | |||
Channels | Quad Channel | Quad Channel | |
Supports ECC | Yes | Yes | |
Maximum bandwidth | 51,200 MB/s | 51,200 MB/s | |
Maximum memory size | 393,216 MB | 393,216 MB |
details | Xeon E5-2690 | vs | E5-2670 |
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Architecture | x86-64 | x86-64 | |
Threads | 16 | 16 | |
L2 cache | 2 MB | 2 MB | |
L2 cache per core | 0.25 MB/core | 0.25 MB/core | |
L3 cache | 20 MB | 20 MB | |
L3 cache per core | 2.5 MB/core | 2.5 MB/core | |
Manufacture process | 32 nm | 32 nm | |
Max CPUs | 2 | 2 | |
Clock multiplier | 38 | 33 | |
Voltage range | 0.6 - 1.35V | 0.6 - 1.35V | |
Operating temperature | Unknown - 72°C | Unknown - 80°C | |
overclocking | |||
Overclock popularity | 7 | 3 | |
Overclocked clock speed | 3.53 GHz | 3.13 GHz | |
Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 3.92 GHz | 3.08 GHz | |
Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 3.53 GHz | 3.13 GHz | |
integrated graphics | |||
GPU | None | None | |
Label | N/A | N/A | |
Latest DirectX | N/A | N/A | |
Number of displays supported | N/A | N/A | |
GPU clock speed | N/A | N/A | |
Turbo clock speed | N/A | N/A | |
3DMark06 | N/A | N/A | |
bus | |||
Architecture | QPI | QPI | |
Number of links | 2 | 2 | |
Data rate | 64,000 MB/s | 64,000 MB/s | |
Transfer rate | 8,000 MT/s | 8,000 MT/s | |
Clock speed | 4,000 MHz | 4,000 MHz |
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