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| Intel Xeon X5690 vs W3690 |
Released February, 2011
Intel Xeon X5690
- 3.46 GHz
- Hexa core
Reasons to buy the Intel Xeon X5690
![]() | Supports more RAM 294,912 MB | ![]() | Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) 4.47 GHz |
![]() | Supports more CPUs in SMP configuration 2 | ![]() | Much better overclocked clock speed (Water) 4.97 GHz |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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Supports more RAM | 294,912 MB | vs | 24,576 MB | Supports 12x more RAM | |||
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Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) | 4.47 GHz | vs | 4.09 GHz | Around 10% better overclocked clock speed (Air) | |||
Supports more CPUs in SMP configuration | 2 | vs | 1 | Twice as many CPUs in SMP configuration | |||
Much better overclocked clock speed (Water) | 4.97 GHz | vs | 4.48 GHz | More than 10% better overclocked clock speed (Water) | |||
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CPUBoss is not aware of any important advantages of the W3690 vs the X5690. | |||||||
Benchmarks Real world tests of Xeon X5690 vs W3690
GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Xeon X5690
28,306
Xeon W3690
14,746
GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Xeon X5690
2,585
Xeon W3690
2,657
GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Xeon X5690
1,770,000 MB/s
Xeon W3690
1,800,000 MB/s
GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Xeon X5690
16,322
Xeon W3690
14,580
GeekBench (64-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Xeon X5690
16,764
Xeon W3690
16,250
GeekBench
Xeon X5690
16,764
Xeon W3690
16,250
PassMark Data courtesy Passmark
Xeon X5690
9,059
Xeon W3690
9,406
PassMark (Single Core)
Xeon X5690
1,504
Xeon W3690
1,560
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Xeon X5690 | vs | W3690 |
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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 | 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 | 7.01 pt/W | 6.51 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 | 24,576 MB |
details | Xeon X5690 | vs | W3690 |
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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 | 0 | |
Overclocked clock speed | 4.47 GHz | 4.09 GHz | |
Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 4.97 GHz | 4.48 GHz | |
Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 4.47 GHz | 4.09 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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