Xeon E5-2689A v4 vs X5698

Primary details

Comparing Xeon X5698 and Xeon E5-2689A v4 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1839not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
Seriesno dataIntel Xeon E5
Power efficiency1.58no data
Architecture codenameWestmere-EP (2010−2011)Broadwell (2015−2019)
Release date14 February 2011 (13 years ago)20 June 2016 (8 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon X5698 and Xeon E5-2689A v4 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 cores2 (Dual-core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads416
Base clock speed4.4 GHzno data
Boost clock speed4.4 GHz3.4 GHz
Bus typeno dataQPI
Bus rateno data2 × 9.6 GT/s
Multiplierno data34
L1 cache64 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache256 KB (per core)2 MB
L3 cache12288 KB (shared)20 MB
Chip lithography32 nm14 nm
Die size239 mm2246.24 mm2
Number of transistors1,170 million3200 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Xeon X5698 and Xeon E5-2689A v4 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 (Multiprocessor)
Socket1366no data
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt145 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon X5698 and Xeon E5-2689A v4. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI++
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX-+

Security technologies

Xeon X5698 and Xeon E5-2689A v4 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon X5698 and Xeon E5-2689A v4 are enumerated here.

VT-x+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon X5698 and Xeon E5-2689A v4. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3no data
Maximum memory sizeno data1,536 GB

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon X5698 and Xeon E5-2689A v4.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanesno data40

Pros & cons summary


Recency 14 February 2011 20 June 2016
Physical cores 2 8
Threads 4 16
Chip lithography 32 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 145 Watt

Xeon X5698 has 11.5% lower power consumption.

Xeon E5-2689A v4, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 128.6% more advanced lithography process.

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