Intel Xeon E5-1630 v4 vs Intel Xeon E5-2650L v3

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-1630 v4 and Intel Xeon E5-2650L v3 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.

Intel Xeon E5-1630 v4

Intel Xeon E5-2650L v3

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-1630 v4

Around 60% higher clock speed: 4.00 GHz vs 2.50 GHz
Around 8% higher maximum core temperature: 69°C vs 63.6°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 1.5 TB vs 768 GB
Around 72% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2326 vs 1352

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	4.00 GHz vs 2.50 GHz
Maximum core temperature	69°C vs 63.6°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 22 nm
Maximum memory size	1.5 TB vs 768 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2326 vs 1352

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2650L v3

8 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 4
16 more threads: 24 vs 8
2.2x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 140 Watt
2.6x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 19882 vs 7601

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	12 vs 4
Number of threads	24 vs 8
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2 vs 1
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 140 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	19882 vs 7601

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-1630 v4
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2650L v3

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2326

1352

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

7601

19882

Name	Intel Xeon E5-1630 v4	Intel Xeon E5-2650L v3
PassMark - Single thread mark	2326	1352
PassMark - CPU mark	7601	19882
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	939
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	3989

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-1630 v4	Intel Xeon E5-2650L v3
Essentials
Architecture codename	Broadwell	Haswell
Launch date	Q2'16	Q3'14
Place in performance rating	1385	1395
Processor Number	E5-1630V4	E5-2650LV3
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family
Status	Launched	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	3.70 GHz	1.80 GHz
Bus Speed	0 GT/s QPI	9.6 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	69°C	63.6°C
Maximum frequency	4.00 GHz	2.50 GHz
Number of cores	4	12
Number of QPI Links	0	2
Number of threads	8	24
VID voltage range		0.65V–1.30V
Memory
Max memory channels	4	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	76.8 GB/s	68 GB/s
Maximum memory size	1.5 TB	768 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4 1600/1866/2133/2400	DDR4 1600/1866/2133
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	2
Package Size	45mm x 52.5mm	52.5mm x 45mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011-3	FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	140 Watt	65 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	40	40
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
PCIe configurations	x4, x8, x16	x4, x8, x16
Scalability	1S Only	2S
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX2	Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)	46-bit	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)