Intel Xeon E5-2448L vs Intel Xeon E5-2450

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2448L and Intel Xeon E5-2450 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.

Intel Xeon E5-2448L

Intel Xeon E5-2450

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2448L

Around 36% lower typical power consumption: 70 Watt vs 95 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt vs 95 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2450

Around 38% higher clock speed: 2.90 GHz vs 2.10 GHz

Maximum frequency	2.90 GHz vs 2.10 GHz

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2448L
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2450

Name	Intel Xeon E5-2448L	Intel Xeon E5-2450
PassMark - Single thread mark		1260
PassMark - CPU mark		10978

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-2448L	Intel Xeon E5-2450
Essentials
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge EN	Sandy Bridge EN
Launch date	May 2012	May 2012
Place in performance rating	not rated	1695
Processor Number	E5-2448L	E5-2450
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family
Status	Launched	Discontinued
Vertical segment	Embedded	Server
Launch price (MSRP)		$500
Price now		$722.22
Value for money (0-100)		4.15
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	1.80 GHz	2.10 GHz
Bus Speed	8 GT/s QPI	8 GT/s QPI
Die size	294 mm	294 mm
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	20480 KB (shared)	20480 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	91°C
Maximum frequency	2.10 GHz	2.90 GHz
Number of cores	8	8
Number of QPI Links	1	1
Number of threads	16	16
Transistor count	1270 million	1270 million
VID voltage range		0.60V-1.35V
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	3	3
Maximum memory size	384 GB	384 GB
Supported memory types	DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600	DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600
Maximum memory bandwidth		38.4 GB/s
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2	2
Sockets supported	FCLGA1356	FCLGA1356
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt	95 Watt
Package Size		45mm x 42.5mm
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	24	24
PCI Express revision	Gen 3.0	3.0
PCIe configurations	Gen 3.0
Scalability		2S Only
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Instruction set extensions	1	Intel® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Idle States
Intel® Demand Based Switching
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)