Intel Xeon E5-2608L v3 vs Intel Core i7-5500U

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2608L v3 and Intel Core i7-5500U processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support. 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2608L v3

  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 2
  • 8 more threads: 12 vs 4
  • 48x more maximum memory size: 768 GB vs 16 GB
  • 2.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 6415 vs 2786
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 6 vs 2
Number of threads 12 vs 4
Maximum memory size 768 GB vs 16 GB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 6415 vs 2786

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-5500U

  • Around 18% higher maximum core temperature: 105°C vs 88.84°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
  • 3.5x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 52 Watt
  • Around 37% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1655 vs 1210
Specifications (specs)
Maximum core temperature 105°C vs 88.84°C
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 22 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 52 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1655 vs 1210

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2608L v3
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-5500U

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1210
1655
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
6415
2786
Name Intel Xeon E5-2608L v3 Intel Core i7-5500U
PassMark - Single thread mark 1210 1655
PassMark - CPU mark 6415 2786
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 643
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1372
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 7.191
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 47.687
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.363
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 1.868
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 17.452
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1131
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3242
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1131
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3242

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon E5-2608L v3 Intel Core i7-5500U

Essentials

Architecture codename Haswell Broadwell
Launch date Q3'14 5 January 2015
Place in performance rating 1873 1877
Processor Number E5-2608LV3 i7-5500U
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family 5th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 Processors
Status Launched Launched
Vertical segment Embedded Mobile
Launch price (MSRP) $393

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.00 GHz 2.40 GHz
Bus Speed 6.4 GT/s QPI 5 GT/s DMI2
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 88.84°C 105°C
Number of cores 6 2
Number of QPI Links 2
Number of threads 12 4
VID voltage range 0.65V–1.30V
Die size 82 mm
L1 cache 128 KB
L2 cache 512 KB
L3 cache 4 MB
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 105 °C
Maximum frequency 3.00 GHz
Transistor count 1300 Million

Memory

Max memory channels 4 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 59 GB/s 25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size 768 GB 16 GB
Supported memory types DDR4 1600/1866 DDR3L 1333/1600, LPDDR3 1333/1600

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 1
Package Size 52.5mm x 45mm 40mm x 24mm x 1.3mm
Sockets supported FCLGA2011-3 FCBGA1168
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 52 Watt 15 Watt
Configurable TDP-down 7.5 W
Configurable TDP-down Frequency 600 MHz

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 40 12
PCI Express revision 3.0 2.0
PCIe configurations x4, x8, x16 4x1, 2x4
Scalability 2S

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® AVX2 Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
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
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Physical Address Extensions (PAE) 46-bit
Thermal Monitoring
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Fast Memory Access
Intel® Smart Response technology
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)

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

Device ID 0x1616
Graphics base frequency 300 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 950 MHz
Graphics max frequency 950 MHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 16 GB
Processor graphics Intel® HD Graphics 5500

Graphics interfaces

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

Graphics image quality

Max resolution over DisplayPort 3840x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 2560x1600@60Hz

Graphics API support

DirectX 11.2/12
OpenGL 4.3