Xeon X5687: specs and benchmarks

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Xeon X5687
2011
4 cores / 8 threads
3.43

It provides poor benchmark performance at 3.43% of a leader's which is Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX.

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Summary

Intel started Xeon X5687 sales 14 February 2011 at a recommended price of $121. This is a Westmere-EP architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 4 cores and 8 threads, and is based on 32 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 3860 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is FCLGA1366,LGA1366 processor with a TDP of 130 Watt. It supports DDR3 memory.

General info

Xeon X5687 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in performance ranking1449
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Value for money1.20
Market segmentServer
Architecture codenameWestmere-EP (2010−2011)
Release date14 February 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$121of 305 (Core i7-870)
Current price$230 (1.9x MSRP)of 15701 (Xeon Platinum 8276L)

Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Technical specs

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores4 (Quad-Core)
Threads8
Base clock speed3.6 GHzof 4.7 (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed3.86 GHzof 6.2 (Core i9-14900KS)
L1 cache64 KB (per core)of 7475.2 (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core)
L2 cache256 KB (per core)of 98304 (Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX)
L3 cache12 MB (shared)of 768 (EPYC 7373X)
Chip lithography32 nmof 3 (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Die size239 mm2
Maximum core temperature80 °Cof 110 (Atom x7-E3950)
Number of transistors1,170 millionof 9900000 (Ryzen 5 7645HX)
64 bit support+
Windows 11 compatibility-
Unlocked multiplierNo

Compatibility

Information on Xeon X5687 compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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 configuration2of 8 (Opteron 842)
SocketFCLGA1366,LGA1366
Power consumption (TDP)130 Wattof 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Xeon X5687. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2
AES-NI+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+
Turbo Boost Technology1.0
Hyper-Threading Technology+
Idle States+
Thermal Monitoring-
Demand Based Switching+
PAE40 Bit
StatusDiscontinued

Security technologies

Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+
EDB+

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

VT-d+
VT-x+
EPT+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Xeon X5687's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3
Maximum memory size288 GBof 786 (Xeon E5-2670 v3)
Max memory channels3of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)
Maximum memory bandwidth32 GB/sof 460.8 (EPYC 9124)
ECC memory support+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version2.0of 5 (Core i9-12900K)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Xeon X5687. Overall benchmark performance 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 X5687 3.43

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 X5687 5309

Gaming performance

Relative performance

Overall Xeon X5687 performance compared to nearest competitors among server CPUs.


Xeon E3-1245 100.58
Xeon X5687 100
Xeon E5-2620 99.71

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