Intel Xeon E5-2450L vs Intel Xeon E5-2650L

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2450L 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.

Intel Xeon E5-2450L

Intel Xeon E5-2650L

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2450L

CPU is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 11631 vs 11364

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	May 2012 vs March 2012
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	11631 vs 11364

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2650L

Around 1% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1050 vs 1035

Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1050 vs 1035

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2450L
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2650L

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1035

1050

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

11631

11364

Name	Intel Xeon E5-2450L	Intel Xeon E5-2650L
PassMark - Single thread mark	1035	1050
PassMark - CPU mark	11631	11364

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-2450L	Intel Xeon E5-2650L
Essentials
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge EN	Sandy Bridge EP
Launch date	May 2012	March 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$72	$142
Place in performance rating	1949	1946
Price now	$130	$159.90
Processor Number	E5-2450L	E5-2650L
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family
Status	Discontinued	Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)	18.72	15.98
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	1.80 GHz	1.80 GHz
Bus Speed	8 GT/s QPI	8 GT/s QPI
Die size	294 mm	435 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 frequency	2.30 GHz	2.30 GHz
Number of cores	8	8
Number of QPI Links	1	2
Number of threads	16	16
Transistor count	1270 million	2270 million
VID voltage range	0.60V-1.35V	0.60V-1.35V
Maximum core temperature		72.0°C
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	3	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	38.4 GB/s	51.2 GB/s
Maximum memory size	384 GB	384 GB
Supported memory types	DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600	DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2	2
Package Size	45mm x 42.5mm	52.5mm x 45.0mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA1356	FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt	70 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	24	40
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
Scalability	2S Only	2S Only
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX	Intel® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
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)