Geekbench Score For W3690 In Mac Pro?

[wispy007]

Hi All,

For all you folk who have installed this CPU how do you find the performance compared to your stock CPU. What geekbench scores are you getting?

 

[azentropy]

Hi All,

For all you folk who have installed this CPU how do you find the performance compared to your stock CPU. What geekbench scores are you getting?

Geekbench

 

[flowrider]

I know this isn't what the OP asked, but I recently put in dual W5590s and find there is a difference in scores between OSs. Lion gives me a higher score than Mountain Lion.

Lou

 

[Yidahoo]

Hi All,

For all you folk who have installed this CPU how do you find the performance compared to your stock CPU. What geekbench scores are you getting?

I put in a 990X which is the i7 equivalent. My Geekbench went from 8500 with a 2.66 quad to over 16000 with the i7. A nice return on my money.

 

[flowrider]

^^^^Nice jump, but unlike the Xeon, the i7 only supports DDR3-1066 RAM not DDR3-1333.

Lou

 

[MacMilligan]

^^^^Nice jump, but unlike the Xeon, the i7 only supports DDR3-1066 RAM not DDR3-1333.

Lou

Gotta be careful when buying a CPU from that generation. The W3670 looks like a great deal until you see its 1066Mhz only, which is why everyone buys the W3680 or W3690.

 

[flowrider]

^^^^You are correct, but the OP was asking about the W3690 and that does indeed support 1333MHz memory. The i7990X (same 3.46GHz speed) only supports 1066 MHz RAM.

 

[TitouDoc]

Here are my Geekbench score with a W3690 = 16090
http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench2/2254740

 

[Durex]

quad 2.66GHz (W3520) to a hex 3.46GHz (W3690)

I upgraded my 2009 quad 2.66GHz (W3520) to a hex 3.46GHz (W3690) (after doing the firmware hack of course).

See images for all details including GeekBench (64-bit): went from 9453 to 16468

At the time I was using 16GB of 1066MHz RAM, but I now have 48GB of 1333MHz RAM (I should run GeekBench again...)

 

[flowrider]

^^^^The W3690 should allow your RAM to run at 1333MHz if it's capable. Your RAM is only showing 1066MHZ. Are you using the slower RAM?

Lou

 

[sbarton]

^^^^Nice jump, but unlike the Xeon, the i7 only supports DDR3-1066 RAM not DDR3-1333.

Lou

No. The i7-980x/990x will be registered as a xeon and will run 1333 ram as long as you have that speed installed but will not support ECC. Yes - contrary to published specs i know.

 

[MacMadness]

Here's a new Geekbench 3 score for my
2010 Intel Xeon W3680 @ 3.33 GHz
for comparison purposes to 3.46Ghz.

48GB ram/480GB SSD HD/OSX 10.6.8.

Looks like 15821 stock 3.33Ghz vs 16090 for the 3.46Ghz
(at least taking into account how my MP is configured)

 

[OrangeSVTguy]

Anyone know if the W3690 will work with my 8500 1066mhz 16GB dimm until I get my 1333mhz 10600 ram in the mail?

Just want to make sure it will POST until I get the faster memory.

 

[chris.k]

Anyone know if the W3690 will work with my 8500 1066mhz 16GB dimm until I get my 1333mhz 10600 ram in the mail?

Just want to make sure it will POST until I get the faster memory.

Yep. The W3690 accepts 1066 Ram. It'll work.

http://ark.intel.com/m/products/52586/Intel-Xeon-Processor-W3690-12M-Cache-3_46-GHz-6_40-GTs-Intel-QPI?q=W3690#@product/specifications

 

[OrangeSVTguy]

Yep. The W3690 accepts 1066 Ram. It'll work.

http://ark.intel.com/m/products/525...GTs-Intel-QPI?q=W3690#@product/specifications

Awesome thanks.

The 3690 can't get here quick enough now 😛

 

[jetjaguar]

thought you sold your mac pro ?

 

[OrangeSVTguy]

thought you sold your mac pro ?

Never sold it... probably won't now with the cpu upgrade 😀

 

[sidabet]

My 2010 3.33 GHz 6-Core Mac Pro

 

[jetjaguar]

My 2010 3.33 GHz 6-Core Mac Pro

View attachment 453071

Same score I had on mine

 

[saifulmazloum]

3.33ghz 8-core x5590s

My 3.33ghz 8-core is at 19742.
But I have yet to put in the SSD & better ram.