Intel Xeon E5-2650L v4 vs Intel Core i7-4790

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2650L v4 and Intel Core i7-4790 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, 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 E5-2650L v4

  • 10 more cores, run more applications at once: 14 vs 4
  • 20 more threads: 28 vs 8
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
  • 48x more maximum memory size: 1.5 TB vs 32 GB
  • Around 29% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 84 Watt
  • 3.4x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 25017 vs 7267
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 14 vs 4
Number of threads 28 vs 8
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 22 nm
Maximum memory size 1.5 TB vs 32 GB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 vs 1
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 84 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 25017 vs 7267

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-4790

  • Around 60% higher clock speed: 4.00 GHz vs 2.50 GHz
  • Around 14% higher maximum core temperature: 72.72°C vs 64°C
  • Around 40% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2229 vs 1596
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 4.00 GHz vs 2.50 GHz
Maximum core temperature 72.72°C vs 64°C
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2229 vs 1596

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2650L v4
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-4790

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1596
2229
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
25017
7267
Name Intel Xeon E5-2650L v4 Intel Core i7-4790
PassMark - Single thread mark 1596 2229
PassMark - CPU mark 25017 7267
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 943
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 3461
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 2429
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 5.169
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 89.044
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.65
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 2.582
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 6.435
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1245
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2226
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3807
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1245
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2226
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3807

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon E5-2650L v4 Intel Core i7-4790

Essentials

Architecture codename Broadwell Haswell
Launch date Q1'16 1 April 2014
Place in performance rating 1201 1623
Processor Number E5-2650LV4 i7-4790
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family 4th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 Processors
Status Launched Discontinued
Vertical segment Server Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $303
Price now $278.99
Value for money (0-100) 10.55

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 1.70 GHz 3.60 GHz
Bus Speed 9.6 GT/s QPI 5 GT/s DMI2
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 22 nm
Maximum core temperature 64°C 72.72°C
Maximum frequency 2.50 GHz 4.00 GHz
Number of cores 14 4
Number of QPI Links 2
Number of threads 28 8
VID voltage range 0
Die size 177 mm
L1 cache 256 KB
L2 cache 1 MB
L3 cache 8 MB
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 72 °C
Transistor count 1400 Million

Memory

Max memory channels 4 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 76.8 GB/s 25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size 1.5 TB 32 GB
Supported memory types DDR4 1600/1866/2133/2400 DDR3-1333/1600, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.5V

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 1
Package Size 45mm x 52.5mm 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA2011-3 FCLGA1150
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 84 Watt
Thermal Solution PCG 2013D

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 40 16
PCI Express revision 3.0 Up to 3.0
PCIe configurations x4, x8, x16 Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Scalability 2S 1S Only

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® 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® My WiFi 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 0x412
Graphics base frequency 350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.20 GHz
Graphics max frequency 1.2 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 2 GB
Processor graphics Intel® HD Graphics 4600

Graphics interfaces

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

Graphics image quality

Max resolution over DisplayPort 3840x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP 3840x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over VGA 1920x1200@60Hz

Graphics API support

DirectX 11.2/12
OpenGL 4.3