Xeon E5-2690 v2 vs E5-2670 v3
Aggregate performance score
Xeon E5-2670 v3 outperforms Xeon E5-2690 v2 by a minimal 1% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1001 | 1008 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 1.89 | 1.10 |
| Market segment | Server | Server |
| Series | Intel Xeon E5 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 6.74 | 6.18 |
| Designer | Intel | Intel |
| Manufacturer | Intel | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Haswell-EP (2014−2015) | Ivy Bridge-EP (2013) |
| Release date | 8 September 2014 (10 years ago) | 1 September 2013 (11 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1,589 | $2,697 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Xeon E5-2670 v3 has 72% better value for money than Xeon E5-2690 v2.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Xeon E5-2670 v3 and Xeon E5-2690 v2 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 | 12 (Dodeca-Core) | 10 (Deca-Core) |
| Threads | 24 | 20 |
| Base clock speed | 2.3 GHz | 3 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.1 GHz | 3.6 GHz |
| Bus type | QPI | no data |
| Bus rate | 2 × 9.6 GT/s | 8 GT/s |
| Multiplier | 23 | no data |
| L1 cache | 64K (per core) | 64 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 256K (per core) | 256 KB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 30 MB (shared) | 25 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | 22 nm |
| Die size | 356 mm2 | 160 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 85 °C | 88 °C |
| Number of transistors | 2,600 million | 1,400 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon E5-2670 v3 and Xeon E5-2690 v2 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 (Multiprocessor) | 2 |
| Socket | FCLGA2011 | FCLGA2011 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 120 Watt | 130 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2670 v3 and Xeon E5-2690 v2. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® AVX2 | Intel® AVX |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| FMA | + | - |
| AVX | + | + |
| vPro | + | no data |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | + |
| Idle States | + | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | + |
| Flex Memory Access | - | - |
| Demand Based Switching | + | + |
| PAE | 46 Bit | 46 Bit |
Security technologies
Xeon E5-2670 v3 and Xeon E5-2690 v2 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | + |
| EDB | + | + |
| Secure Key | + | + |
| OS Guard | + | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2670 v3 and Xeon E5-2690 v2 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | + | + |
| VT-x | + | + |
| EPT | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2670 v3 and Xeon E5-2690 v2. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133 | DDR3 |
| Maximum memory size | 768 GB | 768 GB |
| Max memory channels | 4 | 4 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 68 GB/s | 59.7 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | + | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | N/A |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2670 v3 and Xeon E5-2690 v2.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 40 | 40 |
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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
GeekBench 5 Single-Core
GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 8.40 | 8.34 |
| Recency | 8 September 2014 | 1 September 2013 |
| Physical cores | 12 | 10 |
| Threads | 24 | 20 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 120 Watt | 130 Watt |
Xeon E5-2670 v3 has a 0.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, 20% more physical cores and 20% more threads, and 8.3% lower power consumption.
Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3 and Intel Xeon E5-2690 v2.
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