Xeon Platinum 8490H vs E5-2690 v2

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2690 v2 and Xeon Platinum 8490H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking898not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.12no data
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiency6.18no data
Architecture codenameIvy Bridge-EP (2013)Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release date1 September 2013 (11 years ago)10 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$2,697$17,000

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2690 v2 and Xeon Platinum 8490H 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 cores10 (Deca-Core)60 (Hexaconta-Core)
Threads20120
Base clock speed3 GHz1.9 GHz
Boost clock speed3.6 GHz3.5 GHz
Bus rate8 GT/sno data
L1 cache64 KB (per core)80K (per core)
L2 cache256 KB (per core)2 MB (per core)
L3 cache25 MB (shared)112.5 MB
Chip lithography22 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size160 mm24x 477 mm2
Maximum core temperature88 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data79 °C
Number of transistors1,400 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2690 v2 and Xeon Platinum 8490H 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 configuration28
SocketFCLGA2011FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt350 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2690 v2 and Xeon Platinum 8490H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVXIntel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX-+
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access-no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE46 Bitno data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2690 v2 and Xeon Platinum 8490H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
Secure Key+no data
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guard++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2690 v2 and Xeon Platinum 8490H are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2690 v2 and Xeon Platinum 8490H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR5-4800, DDR5-4400
Maximum memory size768 GB4 TB
Max memory channels48
Maximum memory bandwidth59.7 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2690 v2 and Xeon Platinum 8490H.

PCIe version3.05.0
PCI Express lanes4080

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 September 2013 10 January 2023
Physical cores 10 60
Threads 20 120
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 350 Watt

Xeon E5-2690 v2 has 169.2% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 8490H, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 years, and 500% more physical cores and 500% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Xeon E5-2690 v2 and Xeon Platinum 8490H. We've got no test results to judge.


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