EPYC 9654 vs Xeon X5690

General info

Comparing Xeon X5690 and EPYC 9654 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1217	4
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	4.52	10.14
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	no data	AMD EPYC
Architecture codename	Westmere-EP (2010−2011)	Genoa
Release date	14 February 2011 (13 years ago)	10 November 2022 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$205	$11,805
Current price	$112 (0.5x MSRP)	$4544 (0.4x MSRP)

Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

EPYC 9654 has 124% better value for money than Xeon X5690.

Technical specs

Xeon X5690 and EPYC 9654 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	6 (Hexa-Core)	96
Threads	12	192
Base clock speed	3.46 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.73 GHz	3.7 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	64K (per core)
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	12288 KB (shared)	384 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	32 nm	5 nm, 6 nm
Die size	239 mm2	12x 72 mm2
Maximum core temperature	79 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,170 million	78,840 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon X5690 and EPYC 9654 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	2
Socket	FCLGA1366,LGA1366	SP5
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	360 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon X5690 and EPYC 9654. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2	no data
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	1.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
PAE	40 Bit	no data
Status	Discontinued	no data

Security technologies

Xeon X5690 and EPYC 9654 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon X5690 and EPYC 9654 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	no data	+
VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	no data
EPT	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon X5690 and EPYC 9654. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR5-4800
Maximum memory size	288 GB	6 TiB
Max memory channels	3	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	32 GB/s	460.8 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon X5690 and EPYC 9654.

PCIe version	2.0	5.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	128

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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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.

EPYC 9654 outperforms Xeon X5690 by 1636% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Advantages and disadvantages

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Performance score	4.51	78.29
Recency	14 February 2011	10 November 2022
Physical cores	6	96
Threads	12	192
Cost	$205	$11805
Chip lithography	32 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	360 Watt

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