Intel Xeon E5-2690 v3 vs W-2140B

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Combined performance score

Xeon W-2140B
11.26
+4.5%

W-2140B outperforms E5-2690 v3 by 4% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Xeon W-2140B and Xeon E5-2690 v3 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking613641
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for moneyno data17.32
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon Wno data
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2019)Haswell-EP (2014)
Release date21 December 2017 (6 years old)8 September 2014 (9 years old)
Current priceno data$172
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Technical specs

Xeon W-2140B and Xeon E5-2690 v3 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads1624
Base clock speed3.2 GHz2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed4.2 GHz3.5 GHz
Bus support4 × 8 GT/sno data
L1 cache64K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)256K (per core)
L3 cache11 MB (shared)30 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm22 nm
Die size484 mm2356 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data90 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)70 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data2,600 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Xeon W-2140B and Xeon E5-2690 v3 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)2
Socket2066FCLGA2011
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt135 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon W-2140B and Xeon E5-2690 v3. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX+-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoringno data+
Flex Memory Accessno data-
Demand Based Switchingno data+
PAEno data46 Bit
Statusno dataDiscontinued

Security technologies

Xeon W-2140B and Xeon E5-2690 v3 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
Identity Protectionno data-
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon W-2140B and Xeon E5-2690 v3 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon W-2140B and Xeon E5-2690 v3. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133
Maximum memory size512 GB768 GB
Max memory channelsno data4
Maximum memory bandwidth85.33 GB/s68 GB/s
ECC memory supportno data+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon W-2140B and Xeon E5-2690 v3.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4840

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. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Xeon W-2140B 11.26
+4.5%
Xeon E5-2690 v3 10.78

W-2140B outperforms E5-2690 v3 by 4% in our combined benchmark results.


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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Xeon W-2140B 17301
+4.5%
Xeon E5-2690 v3 16551

W-2140B outperforms E5-2690 v3 by 5% in Passmark.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Xeon W-2140B 1310
+24.2%
Xeon E5-2690 v3 1055

W-2140B outperforms E5-2690 v3 by 24% in GeekBench 5 Single-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.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Xeon W-2140B 7550
+7.6%
Xeon E5-2690 v3 7014

W-2140B outperforms E5-2690 v3 by 8% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 11.26 10.78
Recency 21 December 2017 8 September 2014
Physical cores 8 12
Threads 16 24
Chip lithography 14 nm 22 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 135 Watt

We couldn't decide between Xeon W-2140B and Xeon E5-2690 v3. The differences in performance seem too small.


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