Intel Xeon E3 1231 v3 vs Intel Xeon X5690

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We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E3 1231 v3 with 4 cores 3.4GHz and Intel Xeon X5690 with 6 cores 3.466GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon E3 1231 v3 's Advantages

Released 3 years and 3 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR3-1600 vs DDR3)

Newer PCIe version (3 vs 2)

More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 32nm)

Lower TDP (80W vs 130W)

Intel Xeon X5690 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.466GHz vs 3.4GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (12MB vs 8MB)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon E3 1231 v3 +113%

1275

Intel Xeon X5690

598

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon E3 1231 v3

4198

Intel Xeon X5690 +7%

4495

Intel Xeon E3 1231 v3

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Intel Xeon X5690

General Parameters

May 2014

Release Date

Feb 2011

Intel

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Haswell-WS

Core Architecture

Westmere-EP

Intel Socket 1150

Socket

Intel Socket 1366

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E3 (Haswell-WS)

Generation

Xeon (Westmere-EP)

Package

1.4 billions

Transistor Count

1.17 billions

22 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

Intel Socket 1150

Socket

Intel Socket 1366

80 W

Power Consumption

130 W

Intel

Foundry

Intel

160 mm²

Die Size

239 mm²

FC-LGA12C

Package

FC-LGA10

CPU Performance

3.4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.466 GHz

3.8 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.733 GHz

4

Total Core Count

6

8

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

133 MHz

34.0

Multiplier

26.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

8 MB shared

L3 Cache

12 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

1

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3-1600

Memory Types

DDR3

2

Max Memory Channels

3

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

2

16

PCIe Lanes

-

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