Xeon E-2468 vs E5-2689

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2689 and Xeon E-2468 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1069	394
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	93.06
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Xeon	no data
Power efficiency	5.14	24.04
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge-EP (2012)	Raptor Lake-S (2023−2024)
Release date	6 March 2012 (12 years ago)	14 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$426

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2689 and Xeon E-2468 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	8 (Octa-Core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	16	16
Base clock speed	2.6 GHz	2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.6 GHz	5.2 GHz
Bus rate	no data	16 GT/s
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	80 KB (per core)
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	2 MB (per core)
L3 cache	20 MB (shared)	24 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	32 nm	Intel 7 nm
Die size	435 mm2	257 mm2
Maximum core temperature	no data	100 °C
Number of transistors	2,270 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2689 and Xeon E-2468 compatibility with other computer components: 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 configuration	2	1
Socket	2011	FCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)	115 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2689 and Xeon E-2468. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	2
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	+
Idle States	no data	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	+

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2689 and Xeon E-2468 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	no data	+
Secure Key	no data	+
OS Guard	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2689 and Xeon E-2468 are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	+
VT-x	+	+
EPT	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2689 and Xeon E-2468. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR5-4800
Maximum memory size	no data	128 GB
Max memory channels	no data	2
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

N/A

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Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2689 and Xeon E-2468.

PCIe version	3.0	5
PCI Express lanes	40	16

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	6.25	16.51
Recency	6 March 2012	14 December 2023
Power consumption (TDP)	115 Watt	65 Watt

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