Intel Xeon E5-2695 v4 vs Intel Xeon E5-2450 v2

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2695 v4 and Intel Xeon E5-2450 v2 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, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2695 v4

  • 10 more cores, run more applications at once: 18 vs 8
  • 20 more threads: 36 vs 16
  • Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 84°C vs 80°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 1.5 TB vs 384 GB
  • Around 21% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1907 vs 1577
  • 2.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 35128 vs 15808
  • Around 15% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 3294 vs 2856
  • Around 66% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 29615 vs 17874
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 18 vs 8
Number of threads 36 vs 16
Maximum core temperature 84°C vs 80°C
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 22 nm
Maximum memory size 1.5 TB vs 384 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1907 vs 1577
PassMark - CPU mark 35128 vs 15808
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 3294 vs 2856
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 29615 vs 17874

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2450 v2

  • Around 26% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 120 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt vs 120 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2695 v4
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2450 v2

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1907
1577
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
35128
15808
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
3294
2856
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
29615
17874
Name Intel Xeon E5-2695 v4 Intel Xeon E5-2450 v2
PassMark - Single thread mark 1907 1577
PassMark - CPU mark 35128 15808
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 3294 2856
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 29615 17874
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 52.064
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 403.17
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.65
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 16.165
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 162.162

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon E5-2695 v4 Intel Xeon E5-2450 v2

Essentials

Architecture codename Broadwell Ivy Bridge EN
Launch date Q1'16 September 2013
Place in performance rating 107 540
Processor Number E5-2695V4 E5-2450V2
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v2 Family
Status Launched Launched
Vertical segment Server Server

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.10 GHz 2.50 GHz
Bus Speed 9.6 GT/s QPI 8 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 22 nm
Maximum core temperature 84°C 80°C
Maximum frequency 3.30 GHz 3.30 GHz
Number of cores 18 8
Number of QPI Links 2 1
Number of threads 36 16
VID voltage range 0 0.65-1.30V
Die size 160 mm
L1 cache 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 20480 KB (shared)
Transistor count 1400 million

Memory

Max memory channels 4 3
Maximum memory bandwidth 76.8 GB/s 38.4 GB/s
Maximum memory size 1.5 TB 384 GB
Supported memory types DDR4 1600/1866/2133/2400 DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600
ECC memory support

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 2
Package Size 45mm x 52.5mm 45mm x 42.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA2011-3 FCLGA1356
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt 95 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 40 24
PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0
PCIe configurations x4, x8, x16 x4, x8, x16
Scalability 2S 2S Only

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® AVX
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 46-bit
Thermal Monitoring
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)