Intel Xeon Bronze 3104 vs Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Bronze 3104 and Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

Intel Xeon Bronze 3104

Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Bronze 3104

Around 4% higher maximum core temperature: 78°C vs 75°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
Around 12% lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 95 Watt

Maximum core temperature	78°C vs 75°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 22 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt vs 95 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 6
10 more threads: 16 vs 6
Around 58% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1657 vs 1051
2.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 17381 vs 8048

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	8 vs 6
Number of threads	16 vs 6
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1657 vs 1051
PassMark - CPU mark	17381 vs 8048

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Bronze 3104
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1051

1657

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

8048

17381

Name	Intel Xeon Bronze 3104	Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2
PassMark - Single thread mark	1051	1657
PassMark - CPU mark	8048	17381
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		618
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		4894
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		7.754
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		67.377
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.893
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		3.684
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		9.875

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Bronze 3104	Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2
Essentials
Architecture codename	Skylake	Ivy Bridge EP
Launch date	Q3'17	September 2013
Place in performance rating	2030	2035
Processor Number	3104	E5-2650V2
Series	Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v2 Family
Status	Launched	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Launch price (MSRP)		$650
Price now		$260.56
Value for money (0-100)		14.78
Performance
Base frequency	1.70 GHz	2.60 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	78°C	75°C
Number of cores	6	8
Number of threads	6	16
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links	2
64 bit support
Bus Speed		8 GT/s QPI
Die size		160 mm
L1 cache		64 KB (per core)
L2 cache		256 KB (per core)
L3 cache		20480 KB (shared)
Maximum frequency		3.40 GHz
Number of QPI Links		2
Transistor count		1400 million
VID voltage range		0.65–1.30V
Memory
Max memory channels	6	4
Maximum memory size	768 GB	768 GB
Supported memory frequency	2133 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4-2133	DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600/1866
ECC memory support
Maximum memory bandwidth		59.7 GB/s
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size	76.0mm x 56.5mm	52.5mm x 51mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA3647	FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt	95 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		2
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	48	40
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
Scalability	2S	2S Only
PCIe configurations		x4, x8, x16
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512	Intel® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Number of AVX-512 FMA Units	1
Speed Shift technology
Idle States
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)		46-bit
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)