Intel Xeon W3690 vs Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2

Intel Xeon W3690
Intel Socket 1366SERVER
3466 MHz / Cores: 6 / Feb 2011
Intel Xeon W3690
Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2
Intel Socket 2011SERVER
3400 MHz / Cores: 8 / Sep 2013
Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2

Summary

Reasons to consider Intel Xeon W3690

None

Reasons to consider Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2

This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.
Higher theoretical multi-threaded performance, based on specifications plus core architecture.
Higher overall performance, based on specifications plus core architecture.

Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

Intel Xeon W3690Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
Intel 64
Hyper-Threading
EIST
XD-Bit
VT-x
TXT
AES-NI
AVX
XD bit
Intel VT-x
Intel VT-d
F16C
EPT
ECC

Architecture

Intel Xeon W3690Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2
ArchitectureIntel_WestmerevsIntel_IvyBridge
MarketServervsServer
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameGulftownvsIvy Bridge-EP
Release DateFeb 2011vsSep 2013

Cores

Intel Xeon W3690Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2
Cores6vs8
Threads12vs16
SMPs1vs2
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

Intel Xeon W3690Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache12288 KB (shared)vs20480 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Xeon W3690Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2
SocketIntel Socket 1366vsIntel Socket 2011
Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
PackageFC-LGA10vs
Die Size239mm²vs160mm²
Process32 nmvs22 nm

Performance

Intel Xeon W3690Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2
Cpu Frequency3466 MHzvs3400 MHz
Turbo Clock3733 MHzvs4000 MHz
Base Clock133 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.375 Vvsunknown
TDP130 Wvs130 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Xeon W3690
    2986 points
  • Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2
    4120 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Xeon W3690
    16636 points
  • Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2
    33619 points

Points - higher is better