Intel Xeon Bronze 3204 vs Intel Xeon E5-2650L

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Bronze 3204 and Intel Xeon E5-2650L 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Bronze 3204

  • CPU is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 7% higher maximum core temperature: 77°C vs 72.0°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm
  • 3x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 2.7x more maximum memory size: 1 TB vs 384 GB
  • Around 6% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1116 vs 1050
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 2 Apr 2019 vs March 2012
Maximum core temperature 77°C vs 72.0°C
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 32 nm
L2 cache 6 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Maximum memory size 1 TB vs 384 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1116 vs 1050

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2650L

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 6
  • 10 more threads: 16 vs 6
  • Around 21% higher clock speed: 2.30 GHz vs 1.90 GHz
  • Around 33% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2.4x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 21% lower typical power consumption: 70 Watt vs 85 Watt
  • Around 26% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 11364 vs 9019
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 8 vs 6
Number of threads 16 vs 6
Maximum frequency 2.30 GHz vs 1.90 GHz
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) vs 384 KB
L3 cache 20480 KB (shared) vs 8.25 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 70 Watt vs 85 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 11364 vs 9019

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Bronze 3204
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2650L

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1116
1050
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
9019
11364
Name Intel Xeon Bronze 3204 Intel Xeon E5-2650L
PassMark - Single thread mark 1116 1050
PassMark - CPU mark 9019 11364

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon Bronze 3204 Intel Xeon E5-2650L

Essentials

Architecture codename Cascade Lake Sandy Bridge EP
Launch date 2 Apr 2019 March 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $224 $142
Place in performance rating 1894 1893
Processor Number 3204 E5-2650L
Series 2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family
Status Launched Discontinued
Vertical segment Server Server
Price now $159.90
Value for money (0-100) 15.98

Performance

Base frequency 1.90 GHz 1.80 GHz
L1 cache 384 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 6 MB 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 8.25 MB 20480 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 77°C 72.0°C
Maximum frequency 1.90 GHz 2.30 GHz
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 435 mm
Number of QPI Links 2
Transistor count 2270 million
VID voltage range 0.60V-1.35V

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 6 4
Maximum memory bandwidth 95.37 GB/s 51.2 GB/s
Maximum memory size 1 TB 384 GB
Supported memory frequency 2133 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4-2133 DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600

Compatibility

Package Size 76.0mm x 56.5mm 52.5mm x 45.0mm
Sockets supported FCLGA3647 FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 85 Watt 70 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 48 40
PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0
PCIe configurations x16, x8, x4
Scalability 2S 2S Only

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Run Sure Technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)
Intel® Identity Protection 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® 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
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)