Intel Xeon E5-2418L v2 vs Intel Pentium 3556U

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2418L v2 and Intel Pentium 3556U processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics, Graphics interfaces. 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

Intel Xeon E5-2418L v2

Intel Pentium 3556U

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2418L v2

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 2
10 more threads: 12 vs 2
Around 18% higher clock speed: 2.00 GHz vs 1.7 GHz
24x more maximum memory size: 384 GB vs 16 GB
Around 13% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1078 vs 951
5.1x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 5380 vs 1058

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	6 vs 2
Number of threads	12 vs 2
Maximum frequency	2.00 GHz vs 1.7 GHz
Maximum memory size	384 GB vs 16 GB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1078 vs 951
PassMark - CPU mark	5380 vs 1058

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium 3556U

Around 26% higher maximum core temperature: 100°C vs 79.1°C
3.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 50 Watt

Maximum core temperature	100°C vs 79.1°C
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 50 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2418L v2
CPU 2: Intel Pentium 3556U

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1078

951

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

5380

1058

Name	Intel Xeon E5-2418L v2	Intel Pentium 3556U
PassMark - Single thread mark	1078	951
PassMark - CPU mark	5380	1058
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		353
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		638
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		6.821
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		100.048
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.58
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		5.773
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		4.538
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		552
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1857
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3273
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		552
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1857
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3273

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-2418L v2	Intel Pentium 3556U
Essentials
Architecture codename	Ivy Bridge EN	Haswell
Launch date	Q1'14	1 October 2013
Place in performance rating	2065	2070
Processor Number	E5-2418LV2	3556U
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v2 Family	Intel® Pentium® Processor 3000 Series
Status	Launched	Launched
Vertical segment	Embedded	Mobile
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.00 GHz	1.70 GHz
Bus Speed	6.4 GT/s QPI	5 GT/s DMI2
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	79.1°C	100°C
Maximum frequency	2.00 GHz	1.7 GHz
Number of cores	6	2
Number of QPI Links	1
Number of threads	12	2
VID voltage range	0.65-1.30V
Die size		118 mm
L1 cache		128 KB
L2 cache		512 KB
L3 cache		2 MB
Maximum case temperature (TCase)		105 °C
Transistor count		1400 million
Memory
Max memory channels	3	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	32 GB/s	25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size	384 GB	16 GB
Supported memory types	DDR3 800/1066/1333	DDR3L 1333/1600, LPDDR3 1333/1600
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2	1
Package Size	45mm x 42.5mm	40mm x 24mm x 1.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA1356	Intel BGA1168
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	15 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	24	10
PCI Express revision	3.0	2.0
PCIe configurations	x4, x8, x16	4x1, 1x4, 1x2
Scalability	2S Only
Integrated IDE
Integrated LAN
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports		2
Number of USB ports		4
PCI support
Total number of SATA ports		2
UART
USB revision		3.0
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Anti-Theft technology
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
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
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)	46-bit
Thermal Monitoring
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
General-Purpose Input/Output (GPIO)
HD Audio
Intel® Active Management technology (AMT)
Intel® ME Firmware Version		9.5
Intel® Rapid Storage technology (RST)
Intel® Smart Response technology
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Matrix Storage
Smart Connect
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Graphics
Graphics base frequency		200 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency		1.00 GHz
Graphics max frequency		1 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics		Intel HD Graphics
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported		3
Wireless Display (WiDi) support