Intel Xeon E5-2628L v2 vs Intel Celeron 2957U

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2628L v2 and Intel Celeron 2957U 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 - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (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).

Intel Xeon E5-2628L v2

Intel Celeron 2957U

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2628L v2

6 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 2
14 more threads: 16 vs 2
Around 71% higher clock speed: 2.40 GHz vs 1.4 GHz
48x more maximum memory size: 768 GB vs 16 GB
Around 43% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1106 vs 772
8.5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 7181 vs 849

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	8 vs 2
Number of threads	16 vs 2
Maximum frequency	2.40 GHz vs 1.4 GHz
Maximum memory size	768 GB vs 16 GB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1106 vs 772
PassMark - CPU mark	7181 vs 849

Reasons to consider the Intel Celeron 2957U

Around 9% higher maximum core temperature: 100°C vs 92°C
4.7x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 70 Watt

Maximum core temperature	100°C vs 92°C
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 70 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2628L v2
CPU 2: Intel Celeron 2957U

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1106

772

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

7181

849

Name	Intel Xeon E5-2628L v2	Intel Celeron 2957U
PassMark - Single thread mark	1106	772
PassMark - CPU mark	7181	849
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		6.97
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		107.823
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		4.97
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		5.777
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		524
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1874
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3071
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		524
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1874
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3071

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-2628L v2	Intel Celeron 2957U
Essentials
Architecture codename	Ivy Bridge EP	Haswell
Launch date	Q3'13	1 January 2014
Place in performance rating	1988	1968
Processor Number	E5-2628LV2	2957U
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v2 Family	Intel® Celeron® Processor 2000 Series
Status	Launched	Launched
Vertical segment	Embedded	Mobile
Launch price (MSRP)		$107
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	1.90 GHz	1.40 GHz
Bus Speed	7.2 GT/s QPI	5 GT/s DMI2
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	92°C	100°C
Maximum frequency	2.40 GHz	1.4 GHz
Number of cores	8	2
Number of QPI Links	2
Number of threads	16	2
VID voltage range	0.65–1.30V
L1 cache		128 KB
L2 cache		512 KB
L3 cache		2 MB
Memory
Max memory channels	4	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	51.2 GB/s	25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size	768 GB	16 GB
Supported memory types	DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600	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 1.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011	FCBGA1168
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt	15 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	40	10
PCI Express revision	3.0	2.0
PCIe configurations	x4, x8, x16	4x1, 1x4, 1x2
Scalability	2S Only
Integrated IDE
Integrated LAN
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports		2
Number of USB ports		4
PCI support
Total number of SATA ports		2
UART
USB revision		3.0
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
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)	46-bit
Thermal Monitoring
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
General-Purpose Input/Output (GPIO)
HD Audio
Intel® Active Management technology (AMT)
Intel® ME Firmware Version		9.5
Intel® Rapid Storage technology (RST)
Intel® Smart Response technology
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Matrix Storage
Smart Connect
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		200 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency		1.00 GHz
Graphics max frequency		1 GHz
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics		Intel HD Graphics
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported		3
Wireless Display (WiDi) support