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Intel Xeon E5-2670
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Released March, 2012
Intel Xeon E5-2690
- 2.9 GHz
- Octa core
5.5 Out of 10
Reasons to buy the Intel Xeon E5-2690
 | 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 |
by Johan-De-Gelas (Sep, 2014)Clock speed has clearly been traded in for more cores in most of server SKUs.
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Released March, 2012
Intel Xeon E5-2670
- 2.6 GHz
- Octa core
5.4 Out of 10
Reasons to buy the E5-2670
| | 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 |
by Johan-De-Gelas (Sep, 2014)It is clear that Intel has improved AVX efficiency quite a bit.
CPUBoss Review Our evaluation of E5-2690 vs E5-2670 among all CPUs
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 | |
| 5.5 | CPUBoss Score |
Combination of all six facets | |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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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 | |||
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Benchmarks Real world tests of Xeon E5-2690 vs E5-2670
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
GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench (64-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench
PassMark Data courtesy Passmark
PassMark (Single Core)
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Xeon E5-2690 | vs | E5-2670 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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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