Intel Xeon X5690 vs Intel Xeon X5687

Intel Xeon X5690
Intel Socket 1366SERVER
3466 MHz / Cores: 6 / Feb 2011
Intel Xeon X5690
Intel Xeon X5687
Intel Socket 1366SERVER
3600 MHz / Cores: 4 / Feb 2011
Intel Xeon X5687

Summary

Reasons to consider Intel Xeon X5690

Higher theoretical multi-threaded performance, based on specifications plus core architecture.

Reasons to consider Intel Xeon X5687

None

Intel Xeon X5690

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Xeon X5690

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Xeon X5690

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Xeon X5690

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


Specifications

Features

Intel Xeon X5690Intel Xeon X5687
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
Intel 64
Hyper-Threading
EIST
XD-Bit
VT-x
TXT
AES-NI
6.4GT/s QPI

Architecture

Intel Xeon X5690Intel Xeon X5687
ArchitectureIntel_WestmerevsIntel_Westmere
MarketServervsServer
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameWestmere-EPvsWestmere-EP
Release DateFeb 2011vsFeb 2011

Cores

Intel Xeon X5690Intel Xeon X5687
Cores6vs4
Threads12vs8
SMPs2vs2
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

Intel Xeon X5690Intel Xeon X5687
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache12288 KB (shared)vs12288 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Xeon X5690Intel Xeon X5687
SocketIntel Socket 1366vsIntel Socket 1366
Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
PackageFC-LGA10vsFC-LGA10
Die Size239mm²vs239mm²
Process32 nmvs32 nm

Performance

Intel Xeon X5690Intel Xeon X5687
Cpu Frequency3466 MHzvs3600 MHz
Turbo Clock3733 MHzvs3866 MHz
Base Clock133 MHzvs133 MHz
Voltage1.35 Vvs1.35 V
TDP130 Wvs130 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Xeon X5690
    2986 points
  • Intel Xeon X5687
    3092 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Xeon X5690
    16636 points
  • Intel Xeon X5687
    11520 points

Points - higher is better