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Product Name
Intel® Xeon® Processor X5690 (12M Cache, 3.46 GHz, 6.40 GT/s Intel® QPI) Intel® Xeon® Processor E7-8870 (30M Cache, 2.40 GHz, 6.40 GT/s Intel® QPI) Intel® Core™ i7-980X Processor Extreme Edition (12M Cache, 3.33 GHz, 6.40 GT/s Intel® QPI)
Code Name
Westmere EP Westmere EX Gulftown
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Essentials
Processor Number
X5690 E7-8870 i7-980X
Status
End of Life End of Life End of Interactive Support
Launch Date
Q1'11 Q2'11 Q1'10
Lithography
32 nm 32 nm 32 nm
Recommended Customer Price
$1663.00 - $1666.00 $4616.00 $1059.00
Expected Discontinuance
Q3'2015
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Performance
# of Cores
6 10 6
# of Threads
12 20 12
Processor Base Frequency
3.46 GHz 2.40 GHz 3.33 GHz
Max Turbo Frequency
3.73 GHz 2.80 GHz 3.60 GHz
Cache
12 MB SmartCache 30 MB SmartCache 12 MB SmartCache
Bus Speed
6.4 GT/s QPI 6.4 GT/s QPI 6.4 GT/s QPI
# of QPI Links
2 1
TDP
130 W 130 W 130 W
VID Voltage Range
0.750V-1.350V 0.800V-1.375V
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Supplemental Information
Embedded Options Available
No No No
Datasheet
Link Link Link
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Memory Specifications
Max Memory Size (dependent on memory type)
288 GB 4.1 TB 24 GB
Memory Types
DDR3 800/1066/1333 DDR3 800/978/1066/1333 (Max Speed 1066 MHz) DDR3 1066
Max # of Memory Channels
3 4 3
Max Memory Bandwidth
32 GB/s 25.6 GB/s
Physical Address Extensions
40-bit 36-bit
ECC Memory Supported
Yes Yes No
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Package Specifications
Sockets Supported
FCLGA1366 LGA1567 FCLGA1366
Max CPU Configuration
2 8 1
TCASE
78.5°C 69°C 67.9°C
Package Size
42.5mm X 45mm 49.17mm x 56.47mm 42.5mm X 45.0mm
Low Halogen Options Available
See MDDS See MDDS See MDDS
Processing Die Size
239 mm2
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Advanced Technologies
Intel® Turbo Boost Technology
1.0 1.0 1.0
Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology
Yes Yes Yes
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Yes Yes Yes
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Yes Yes
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
Yes Yes Yes
Intel® 64
Yes Yes Yes
Instruction Set
64-bit 64-bit 64-bit
Instruction Set Extensions
SSE4.2 SSE4.1/4.2 SSE4.2
Idle States
Yes Yes
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology
Yes Yes Yes
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Yes No
Thermal Monitoring Technologies
No Yes No
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Intel® Data Protection Technology
Intel® AES New Instructions
Yes Yes Yes
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Intel® Platform Protection Technology
Trusted Execution Technology
Yes Yes No
Execute Disable Bit
Yes Yes Yes
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Expansion Options
Scalability
S8S