Xeon E5205 vs E5-2689

Place in the ranking	1068	2853
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Xeon	no data
Power efficiency	5.14	0.77
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge-EP (2012)	no data
Release date	6 March 2012 (12 years ago)	1 October 2007 (17 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2689 and Xeon E5205 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)	no data
Threads	16	no data
Base clock speed	2.6 GHz	1.86 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.6 GHz	no data
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	no data
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	no data
L3 cache	20 MB (shared)	6 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography	32 nm	45 nm
Die size	435 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	no data	66 °C
Number of transistors	2,270 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	no data	0.95V-1.212V

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2689 and Xeon E5205 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	no data
Socket	2011	LGA771
Power consumption (TDP)	115 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2689 and Xeon E5205. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	-
AVX	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	-
Idle States	no data	+
Demand Based Switching	no data	+
FSB parity	no data	-

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2689 and Xeon E5205 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	-
EDB	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2689 and Xeon E5205 are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2689 and Xeon E5205. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

N/A

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2689 and Xeon E5205.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	40	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score 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 6.37
+1080%

Xeon E5205 0.54

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
+1084%

Xeon E5205 838