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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2450L

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
  • Around 3% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 11668 vs 11364
Specifications (specs)
Launch date May 2012 vs March 2012
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 11668 vs 11364

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2650L

  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1050 vs 1044
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1050 vs 1044

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1044
1050
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
11668
11364
Name Intel Xeon E5-2450L Intel Xeon E5-2650L
PassMark - Single thread mark 1044 1050
PassMark - CPU mark 11668 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 1891 1893
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)