EPYC 9965 vs Xeon X5690

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon X5690 and EPYC 9965 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1336not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.92no data
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiency3.21no data
Architecture codenameWestmere-EP (2010−2011)Turin (2024)
Release date14 February 2011 (13 years ago)10 October 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$205$14,813

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon X5690 and EPYC 9965 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 cores6 (Hexa-Core)192
Threads12384
Base clock speed3.46 GHz2.25 GHz
Boost clock speed3.73 GHz3.7 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)80 KB (per core)
L2 cache256 KB (per core)1 MB (per core)
L3 cache12288 KB (shared)384 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm3 nm
Die size239 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature79 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,170 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon X5690 and EPYC 9965 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 configuration22
SocketFCLGA1366,LGA1366SP5
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt500 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon X5690 and EPYC 9965. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2no data
AES-NI++
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology1.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Idle States+no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE40 Bitno data
Precision Boost 2no data+

Security technologies

Xeon X5690 and EPYC 9965 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon X5690 and EPYC 9965 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon X5690 and EPYC 9965. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR5
Maximum memory size288 GBno data
Max memory channels3no data
Maximum memory bandwidth32 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon X5690 and EPYC 9965.

PCIe version2.05.0
PCI Express lanesno data128

Pros & cons summary


Recency 14 February 2011 10 October 2024
Physical cores 6 192
Threads 12 384
Chip lithography 32 nm 3 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 500 Watt

Xeon X5690 has 284.6% lower power consumption.

EPYC 9965, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 13 years, 3100% more physical cores and 3100% more threads, and a 966.7% more advanced lithography process.

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