Intel Xeon E5 1660 v3 vs Intel Xeon X5690

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Intel Xeon E5-1660 v3

Intel Xeon X5690

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E5 1660 v3 with 8 cores 3GHz 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 E5 1660 v3 's Advantages

Released 3 years and 7 months late

Higher specification of memory (2133 vs 3)

Newer PCIe version (3 vs 2)

Larger L3 cache size (20MB vs 12MB)

More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 32nm)

Intel Xeon X5690 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.466GHz vs 3GHz)

Lower TDP (130W vs 140W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon E5 1660 v3 +143%

1458

Intel Xeon X5690

598

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon E5 1660 v3 +98%

8915

Intel Xeon X5690

4495

Intel Xeon E5 1660 v3

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Intel Xeon X5690

General Parameters

Sep 2014

Release Date

Feb 2011

Intel

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Haswell-EP

Core Architecture

Westmere-EP

Intel Socket 2011-3

Socket

Intel Socket 1366

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E5 (Haswell-EP)

Generation

Xeon (Westmere-EP)

Package

2.6 billions

Transistor Count

1.17 billions

22 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

140 W

Power Consumption

130 W

Intel

Foundry

Intel

356 mm²

Die Size

239 mm²

CPU Performance

3 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.466 GHz

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.733 GHz

8

Total Core Count

6

16

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

133 MHz

30.0

Multiplier

26.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

20 MB shared

L3 Cache

12 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

1

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2133

Memory Types

DDR3

4

Max Memory Channels

3

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

2

40

PCIe Lanes

-

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