CPUBoss Review Our evaluation of X5690 vs 990X among all CPUs

Performance

Benchmark performance using all cores
Xeon X5690
6.6
Core i7 990X
6.3
Xeon X5680
6.4
PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated, PassMark and 1 more

Single-core Performance

Individual core benchmark performance
Xeon X5690
8.5
Core i7 990X
8.5
Xeon X5680
8.4
PassMark (Single Core), Geekbench 3 Single Core and 1 more

Integrated Graphics

Integrated GPU performance for graphics
Xeon X5690
n.d.
Core i7 990X
n.d.
Xeon X5680
n.d.
Sky Diver and Cloud Gate

Integrated Graphics (OpenCL)

Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing
Xeon X5690
0.0
Core i7 990X
0.0
Xeon X5680
0.0
CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 4 more

Performance per Watt

How efficiently does the processor use electricity?
Xeon X5690
5.0
Core i7 990X
5.0
Xeon X5680
5.0
Sky Diver, Cloud Gate, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

Value

Are you paying a premium for performance?
Xeon X5690
n.d.
Core i7 990X
n.d.
Xeon X5680
n.d.
Sky Diver, Cloud Gate, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

No winner declared

Too close to call

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Differences What are the advantages of each

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Reasons to consider the
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Much better geekbench 3 AES single core score 1,770,000 MB/s vs 1,750,000 MB/s Almost the same
Much better geekbench 3 Multi-Core score 28,306 vs 14,805 More than 90% better geekbench 3 Multi-Core score
Supports more CPUs in SMP configuration 2 vs 1 Twice as many CPUs in SMP configuration
Supports trusted computing Yes vs No Somewhat common; Allows for safer, more reliable computing
Supports more RAM 294,912 MB vs 24,576 MB Supports 12x more RAM
Higher Maximum operating temperature 78.5 °C vs 67.9 °C More than 15% higher Maximum operating temperature
Slightly better performance per watt 7.01 pt/W vs 6.36 pt/W More than 10% better performance per watt
Better overclocked clock speed (Water) 4.97 GHz vs 4.47 GHz More than 10% better overclocked clock speed (Water)
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Better performance per dollar 0.78 pt/$ vs 0.55 pt/$ Around 45% better performance per dollar

Benchmarks Real world tests of Xeon X5690 vs Core i7 990X

GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Xeon X5690
28,306
Core i7 990X
14,805

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Xeon X5690
2,585
Core i7 990X
2,592

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Xeon X5690
1,770,000 MB/s
Core i7 990X
1,750,000 MB/s

GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Xeon X5690
16,322
Core i7 990X
14,910

GeekBench (64-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Xeon X5690
16,764
Core i7 990X
15,371

GeekBench

Xeon X5690
16,764
Core i7 990X
17,123

PassMark Data courtesy Passmark

Xeon X5690
9,059
Core i7 990X
9,389

PassMark (Single Core)

Xeon X5690
1,504
Core i7 990X
1,509

Specifications Full list of technical specs

summary

 Xeon X5690  vs
Core i7 990X 
Clock speed 3.46 GHz 3.46 GHz
Turbo clock speed 3.73 GHz 3.73 GHz
Cores Hexa core Hexa core
Socket type
LGA 1366

features
Has a NX bit Yes Yes
Supports trusted computing Yes No
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 7.01 pt/W 6.36 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 No
Maximum bandwidth 31,999.98 MB/s 25,599.99 MB/s
Maximum memory size 294,912 MB 24,576 MB

details

 Xeon X5690  vs
Core i7 990X 
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Threads 12 12
L2 cache 2 MB 2 MB
L2 cache per core 0.33 MB/core 0.33 MB/core
L3 cache 12 MB 12 MB
L3 cache per core 2 MB/core 2 MB/core
Manufacture process 32 nm 32 nm
Max CPUs 2 1
Clock multiplier 26 26
Voltage range 0.75 - 1.35V 0.8 - 1.38V
Operating temperature Unknown - 78.5°C Unknown - 67.9°C

overclocking
Overclock popularity 3 54
Overclocked clock speed 4.47 GHz 4.58 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water) 4.97 GHz 4.47 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Air) 4.47 GHz 4.58 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 1
Data rate 51,200 MB/s 25,600 MB/s
Transfer rate 6,400 MT/s 6,400 MT/s
Clock speed 3,200 MHz 3,200 MHz
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Comments

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yourcatman (10:37 AM, October 2, 2014)
you can overclock this xeon and beat the 990x anyway, coz i got my xeon x5650 with the mp of 22 to 4.77ghz 215 buss speed, this has a 34x that should be 215x3=7.3ghz dammmn so you can just shit on the 990xs front garden :)
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