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Intel Xeon W3690
CPUBoss recommends the Intel Xeon W3690 based on its value.
See full details | Intel Xeon X5690 vs W3690 |
![]() | 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 |
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 |
5.3 | CPUBoss Score |
Combination of all six facets | |
Winner |
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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. | |||||||
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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