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Product comparison · 2 servers

Lenovo x3550 M3 vs Lenovo x3690 X5

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  • 103specifications compared
  • 45differ
  • 58identical
  • 17known for one product only

Key differences

  • Processor family
    • Intel® Xeon® 5000 Sequence
    • Intel® Xeon® E7 Family
  • Processor model
    • E5603
    • E7-2870
  • Processor frequency
    • 1.6 GHz
    • 2.4 GHz
  • Processor cores
    • 4
    • 10
  • Processor cache
    • 4 MB
    • 30 MB
  • Motherboard chipset
    • Intel® 5520
    • Intel® 7500
  • Memory channels supported by processor
    • Triple
    • Quad
  • Thermal Design Power (TDP)
    • 80 W
    • 130 W

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Processor21 differ
Processor familyDiffersIntel® Xeon® 5000 SequenceIntel® Xeon® E7 Family
Processor modelDiffersE5603E7-2870
Processor frequencyDiffers1.6 GHz2.4 GHz
Processor coresDiffers410
Processor cacheDiffers4 MB30 MB
Motherboard chipsetDiffersIntel® 5520Intel® 7500
Memory channels supported by processorDiffersTripleQuad
Thermal Design Power (TDP)Differs80 W130 W
System bus rateDiffers4.8 GT/s6.4 GT/s
CPU multiplier (bus/core ratio)Differs1218
Compatible processor seriesKnown for oneIntel® Xeon®
Idle StatesKnown for oneYes
Maximum internal memory supported by processorDiffers288 GB1 TB
Memory bandwidth supported by processor (max)Known for one25.6 GB/s
Memory clock speeds supported by processorDiffers800,1066 MHz800,978,1066,1333 MHz
Number of QPI linksKnown for one2
Physical Address Extension (PAE)Known for one40 bit
Processor codeDiffersSLC2FSLC3U
Processor codenameDiffersWestmere EPWestmere EX
Processor package sizeDiffers42.5 X 45 mm49.17 x 56.47 mm
Processor seriesDiffersIntel Xeon 5600 SeriesIntel Xeon E7-2800
Processor socketDiffersSocket B (LGA 1366)LGA 1567 (Socket LS)
Processor threadsDiffers420
SteppingDiffersB1A2
Supported instruction setsDiffersSSE4.2SSE4.1, SSE4.2
Thermal Monitoring TechnologiesDiffersNoYes
Processor boost frequencyKnown for one2.8 GHz
ScalabilityKnown for oneS2S
TcaseKnown for one69 °C
Memory4 differ
Internal memoryDiffers4 GB8 GB
Memory layout (slots x size)Differs1 x 4 GB2 x 4 GB
Memory slotsDiffers18x DIMM16x DIMM
Maximum internal memoryDiffers192 GB64 GB
Storage3 differ
Maximum storage capacityDiffers4 TB8 TB
Number of HDDs supportedDiffers416
RAID levelsDiffers105, 6, 50, 60
Network1 differ
LAN controllerDiffersBroadcom BCM5709SBroadcom BCM5709C
Ports & interfaces2 differ
USB 2.0 ports quantityDiffers46
Parallel ports quantityKnown for one0
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantityDiffers12
Expansion slotsidentical
PCI Express x16 slotsKnown for one2
PCI Express x4 slotsKnown for one1
PCI Express x8 slotsKnown for one5
PCI Express slots versionKnown for one2.0
Design1 differ
Chassis typeDiffersRack (1U)Rack (2U)
Software1 differ
Compatible operating systemsDiffersWindows Server 2008, 2008 R2 (32/64-bit) Microsoft Windows Server 2003, 2003 R2 (32/64-bit) RHEL 5 (32/64-bit) RHEL 6 (32/64-bit) SLES 10/11 (32/64-bit) VMware vSphere Hypervisor 4.1 Sun Solaris 10Windows Server 2008, 2008 R2 (Standard/Web/Enterprise/Datacenter Editions) 64-bit Windows HPC Server 2008 Windows 2008 Hyper-V Windows Server 2003, 2003 R2 (Standard/Web/Enterprise/Datacenter Editions) 32/64-bit RHEL 5, 6 Server 64-bit SLES 10, 11 64-bit VMware vSphere 4.0, 4.1
Operating system installedKnown for oneNo
Processor special features5 differ
Intel Demand Based SwitchingDiffersYesNo
Intel Enhanced Halt StateDiffersYesNo
Intel® Hyper Threading Technology (Intel® HT Technology)DiffersNoYes
Intel® Turbo Boost TechnologyDiffersNo1.0
Processor ARK IDDiffers5258453578
Power2 differ
Redundant power supply (RPS) supportDiffersNoYes
Power supplyDiffers460 W675 W
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating temperature (T-T)Known for one10 - 32 °C
Operating altitudeKnown for one914.4 - 2133 m
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers440 mm444 mm
DepthDiffers711.4 mm720.2 mm
HeightDiffers43 mm44.4 mm
WeightDiffers15.9 kg12.8 kg
Other features1 differ
Disk array controllerDiffersLSI 1068M5015
Mac compatibilityKnown for oneNo

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