Intel Xeon X5698: specs and benchmarks

Summary

Intel started Xeon X5698 sales 14 February 2011. This is a Westmere-EP architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 2 cores and 4 threads, and is based on 32 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 4.4 and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is Intel Socket 1366 processor with a TDP of 130 Watt. It supports DDR3 memory.

General info

Xeon X5698 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in performance ranking	1708
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Value for money	0.11
Market segment	Server
Architecture codename	Westmere-EP (2010−2011)
Release date	14 February 2011 (13 years old)
Current price	$997	of 17802 (Threadripper PRO 7995WX)

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 cores	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4
Base clock speed	4.4 GHz	of 4.7 (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed	4.4 GHz	of 6.2 (Core i9-14900KS)
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	of 7475.2 (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core)
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	of 36864 (Apple M2 Max)
L3 cache	12288 KB (shared)	of 786432 (EPYC 7373X)
Chip lithography	32 nm	of 3 (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Die size	239 mm2
Number of transistors	1,170 million	of 9900000 (Ryzen 5 7645HX)
64 bit support	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-
Unlocked multiplier	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon X5698 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 configuration	2	of 8 (Opteron 842)
Socket	1366
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	of 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Xeon X5698. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+
Hyper-Threading Technology	+

Security technologies

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

TXT

+

Virtualization technologies

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

VT-x

+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Xeon X5698's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version

2.0

of 5 (Core i9-12900K)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Xeon X5698. Overall benchmark performance 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.

Relative perfomance

Overall Xeon X5698 performance compared to nearest competitors among server CPUs.

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