Xeon E5-2689: specs and benchmarks

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Xeon E5-2689
2012
8 cores / 16 threads, 115 Watt
6.25

Xeon E5-2689 provides acceptable benchmark performance at 6.25% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.

Summary

Intel started Xeon E5-2689 sales 6 March 2012. This is a Sandy Bridge-EP architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 8 cores and 16 threads, and is based on 32 manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 3600 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is Intel Socket 2011 processor with a TDP of 115 Watt. It supports DDR3 memory.

Primary details

Xeon E5-2689 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in the ranking1082
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Market segmentServer
SeriesXeon
Power efficiency5.14of 100.00 (Ryzen Z1 Extreme)
Architecture codenameSandy Bridge-EP (2012)
Release date6 March 2012 (12 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores8 (Octa-Core)
Threads16
Base clock speed2.6 GHzof 4.7 GHz (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed3.6 GHzof 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS)
L1 cache64 KB (per core)of 80 KB (EPYC 9965)
L2 cache256 KB (per core)
L3 cache20 MB (shared)of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X)
Chip lithography32 nmof 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Die size435 mm2
Number of transistors2,270 millionof 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X)
64 bit support+
Windows 11 compatibility-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2689 compatibility with other computer components and devices: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration2of 8 (Opteron 842)
Socket2011
Power consumption (TDP)115 Wattof 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2689. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI+
AVX+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+

Security technologies

Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

VT-d+
VT-x+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2689's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of a GPU integrated into Xeon E5-2689.

Integrated graphics cardN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version3.0of 5.0 (Core i9-12900K)
PCI Express lanes40of 128 (EPYC 7551P)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Xeon E5-2689. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Xeon E5-2689 6.25

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Xeon E5-2689 9922

Gaming performance

Closest competitors

Xeon E5-2689's performance relative to its closest rivals among server CPUs.


Xeon E5-2689 100

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Xeon E5-2689 is Xeon Platinum 8362, which is slower by 8% and lower by 53 positions in our ranking.

Here are some closest AMD rivals to Xeon E5-2689:

Opteron 6278 138.4
Xeon E5-2689 100
Opteron 6348 79.04

Similar processors

Here is our recommendation of several processors that are more or less close in performance to the one reviewed.

Recommended GPUs

People consider these graphics cards to be good for Xeon E5-2689, according to our PC configuration statistics.

These are the fastest graphics cards for Xeon E5-2689 in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 17439 configurations using Xeon E5-2689 in our database.

RTX 4090 GeForce RTX 4090
0.6% (109/17439)
RTX 4080 GeForce RTX 4080
0.03% (5/17439)
RTX 4080 SUPER GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
0.006% (1/17439)
RTX 4070 Ti GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
0.03% (6/17439)
RX 7900 XTX Radeon RX 7900 XTX
0.03% (5/17439)
RTX 4070 SUPER GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
0.03% (5/17439)
RTX 3090 Ti GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
0.2% (31/17439)
RTX 6000 Ada Generation RTX 6000 Ada Generation
0.006% (1/17439)
RTX 3080 Ti GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
0.2% (33/17439)

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