Xeon Gold 5515 vs X5690

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon X5690 and Xeon Gold 5515 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1320not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.74no data
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiency3.23no data
Architecture codenameWestmere-EP (2010−2011)no data
Release date14 February 2011 (13 years ago)1 October 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$205no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon X5690 and Xeon Gold 5515 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)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads1216
Base clock speed3.46 GHz3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.73 GHz4.1 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache256 KB (per core)no data
L3 cache12288 KB (shared)22.5 MB
Chip lithography32 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size239 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature79 °C76 °C
Number of transistors1,170 millionno data
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon X5690 and Xeon Gold 5515 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 configuration2no data
SocketFCLGA1366,LGA1366FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt165 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon X5690 and Xeon Gold 5515. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology1.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX-+
Idle States+no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE40 Bitno data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon X5690 and Xeon Gold 5515 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon X5690 and Xeon Gold 5515 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon X5690 and Xeon Gold 5515. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR5-4800, DDR5-4400
Maximum memory size288 GB4 TB
Max memory channels38
Maximum memory bandwidth32 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon X5690 and Xeon Gold 5515.

PCIe version2.05.0
PCI Express lanesno data80

Pros & cons summary


Recency 14 February 2011 1 October 2023
Physical cores 6 8
Threads 12 16
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 165 Watt

Xeon X5690 has 26.9% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 5515, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 12 years, and 33.3% more physical cores and 33.3% more threads.

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