Intel Xeon E5-2448L v2 vs Intel Pentium 3550M

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2448L v2 and Intel Pentium 3550M 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2448L v2

  • 8 more cores, run more applications at once: 10 vs 2
  • 18 more threads: 20 vs 2
  • Around 4% higher clock speed: 2.40 GHz vs 2.3 GHz
  • 12x more maximum memory size: 384 GB vs 32 GB
  • Around 4% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1235 vs 1184
  • 5.1x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 6774 vs 1330
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 10 vs 2
Number of threads 20 vs 2
Maximum frequency 2.40 GHz vs 2.3 GHz
Maximum memory size 384 GB vs 32 GB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1235 vs 1184
PassMark - CPU mark 6774 vs 1330

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium 3550M

  • Around 10% higher maximum core temperature: 100°C vs 90.9°C
  • Around 89% lower typical power consumption: 37 Watt vs 70 Watt
Maximum core temperature 100°C vs 90.9°C
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 37 Watt vs 70 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2448L v2
CPU 2: Intel Pentium 3550M

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1235
1184
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
6774
1330
Name Intel Xeon E5-2448L v2 Intel Pentium 3550M
PassMark - Single thread mark 1235 1184
PassMark - CPU mark 6774 1330
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 5.428
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1267
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1267
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2635
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2635

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon E5-2448L v2 Intel Pentium 3550M

Essentials

Architecture codename Ivy Bridge EN Haswell
Launch date Q1'14 1 October 2013
Place in performance rating 1847 1838
Processor Number E5-2448LV2 3550M
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v2 Family Intel® Pentium® Processor 3000 Series
Status Launched Launched
Vertical segment Embedded Mobile
Launch price (MSRP) $134

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 1.80 GHz 2.30 GHz
Bus Speed 8 GT/s QPI 5 GT/s DMI2
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 22 nm
Maximum core temperature 90.9°C 100°C
Maximum frequency 2.40 GHz 2.3 GHz
Number of cores 10 2
Number of QPI Links 1
Number of threads 20 2
VID voltage range 0.65-1.30V
Die size 130 mm
L1 cache 128 KB
L2 cache 512 KB
L3 cache 2 MB
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 105 °C
Transistor count 960 Million

Memory

Max memory channels 3 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 38.4 GB/s 25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size 384 GB 32 GB
Supported memory types DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600 DDR3L 1333/1600

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 1
Package Size 45mm x 42.5mm 37.5mm x 37.5mm x 4.7mm
Sockets supported FCLGA1356 FCPGA946
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 70 Watt 37 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 24 16
PCI Express revision 3.0 2.0
PCIe configurations x4, x8, x16 1x16 or 2x8 or 1x8 2x4
Scalability 2S Only

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
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility

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 400 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.10 GHz
Graphics max frequency 1.1 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics Intel HD Graphics

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported 3
VGA
Wireless Display (WiDi) support