Intel Xeon X5687 vs X5680

older Released February, 2011

Intel Xeon X5687

3.6 GHz
Quad core

Front view of Intel Xeon X5687

5.3 Out of 10

Reasons to buy the Intel Xeon X5687

	Significantly higher clock speed 3.6 GHz		Much higher Maximum operating temperature 80.4 °C
	Higher turbo clock speed 3.86 GHz		Much more l3 cache per core 3 MB/core

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older Released March, 2010

Intel Xeon X5680

3.33 GHz
Hexa core

Front view of Intel Xeon X5680

5.4 Out of 10

Reasons to buy the X5680

	Much more l2 cache 2 MB		More cores 6
	More threads 12		Much better overclocked clock speed (Water) 4.55 GHz

	Performance
	Benchmark performance using all cores
Xeon X5687 5.9 Xeon X5680 6.4 Xeon X5690 6.6
PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated, PassMark and 1 more

	Single-core Performance
	Individual core benchmark performance
Xeon X5687 7.3 Xeon X5680 7.2 Xeon X5690 7.4
PassMark (Single Core), Geekbench 3 Single Core and 1 more

	Integrated Graphics
	Integrated GPU performance for graphics
Xeon X5687 0.0 Xeon X5680 0.0 Xeon X5690 0.0
Sky Diver and Cloud Gate

	Integrated Graphics (OpenCL)
	Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing
Xeon X5687 0.0 Xeon X5680 0.0 Xeon X5690 0.0
CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 4 more

	Performance per Watt
	How efficiently does the processor use electricity?
Xeon X5687 5.0 Xeon X5680 5.0 Xeon X5690 5.0
Sky Diver, Cloud Gate, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

	Value
	Are you paying a premium for performance?
Xeon X5687 n.d. Xeon X5680 n.d. Xeon X5690 n.d.
Sky Diver, Cloud Gate, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

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Intel Xeon X5687

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Significantly higher clock speed

3.6 GHz

vs

3.33 GHz

Around 10% higher clock speed

Much higher Maximum operating temperature

80.4 °C

vs

78.5 °C

Almost the same

Higher turbo clock speed

3.86 GHz

vs

3.6 GHz

More than 5% higher turbo clock speed

Much more l3 cache per core

3 MB/core

vs

2 MB/core

50% more l3 cache per core

Much better overclocked clock speed (Air)

4.59 GHz

vs

4.24 GHz

Around 10% better overclocked clock speed (Air)

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Mar, 2010

Release date 11 months later

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Intel Xeon X5680

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Much more l2 cache

2 MB

vs

1 MB

2x more l2 cache; more data can be stored in the l2 cache for quick access later

More cores

6

vs

4

2 more cores; run more applications at once

More threads

12

vs

8

4 more threads

Much better overclocked clock speed (Water)

4.55 GHz

vs

3.6 GHz

More than 25% better overclocked clock speed (Water)

More l2 cache per core

0.33 MB/core

vs

0.25 MB/core

Around 35% more l2 cache per core

GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

10,783

21,510

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

2,416

2,414

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

1,510,000 MB/s

1,560,000 MB/s

PassMark Data courtesy Passmark

7,130

8,748

PassMark (Single Core)

1,574

1,452

summary	Xeon X5687	vs	X5680
Clock speed	3.6 GHz		3.33 GHz
Turbo clock speed	3.86 GHz		3.6 GHz
Cores	Quad core		Hexa core
Socket type
LGA 1366
features
Has a NX bit	Yes		Yes
Supports trusted computing	Yes		Yes
Has virtualization support	Yes		Yes
Instruction set extensions
SSE2
MMX
SSE4
SSE3
SSE
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
Supplemental SSE3
AES
Supports dynamic frequency scaling	Yes		Yes
power consumption
TDP	130W		130W
Annual home energy cost	31.32 $/year		31.32 $/year
Annual commercial energy cost	113.88 $/year		113.88 $/year
Performance per watt	5.4 pt/W		6.11 pt/W
Typical power consumption	105.63W		105.63W
memory controller
Memory controller	Built-in		Built-in
Memory type
DDR3-1333
DDR3-1066
DDR3-800
DDR3
Channels	Triple Channel		Triple Channel
Supports ECC	Yes		Yes
Maximum bandwidth	31,999.98 MB/s		31,999.98 MB/s
Maximum memory size	294,912 MB		294,912 MB

details	Xeon X5687	vs	X5680
Architecture	x86-64		x86-64
Threads	8		12
L2 cache	1 MB		2 MB
L2 cache per core	0.25 MB/core		0.33 MB/core
L3 cache	12 MB		12 MB
L3 cache per core	3 MB/core		2 MB/core
Manufacture process	32 nm		32 nm
Max CPUs	2		2
Clock multiplier	27		25
Voltage range	0.75 - 1.35V		0.75 - 1.35V
Operating temperature	Unknown - 80.4°C		Unknown - 78.5°C
overclocking
Overclock popularity	1		4
Overclocked clock speed	4.59 GHz		4.24 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water)	3.6 GHz		4.55 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Air)	4.59 GHz		4.24 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	51,200 MB/s		51,200 MB/s
Transfer rate	6,400 MT/s		6,400 MT/s
Clock speed	3,200 MHz		3,200 MHz

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