Intel Xeon E5-4610 v2 vs Intel Core i5-8550

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-4610 v2 and Intel Core i5-8550 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization.

Intel Xeon E5-4610 v2

Intel Core i5-8550

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-4610 v2

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 6

Number of cores	8 vs 6
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4 vs 1

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i5-8550

Around 11% higher clock speed: 3 GHz vs 2.70 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
Around 46% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 95 Watt

Maximum frequency	3 GHz vs 2.70 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 22 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 95 Watt

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-4610 v2	Intel Core i5-8550
Essentials
Architecture codename	Ivy Bridge EP	Coffee Lake
Launch date	Q1'14	September 2018
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Processor Number	E5-4610V2
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v2 Family
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Desktop
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.30 GHz
Bus Speed	7.2 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	75°C
Maximum frequency	2.70 GHz	3 GHz
Number of cores	8	6
Number of QPI Links	2
Number of threads	16
VID voltage range	0.65-1.30V
L1 cache		64K (per core)
L2 cache		256K (per core)
L3 cache		9 MB (shared)
Maximum case temperature (TCase)		72 °C
Memory
Max memory channels	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	51.2 GB/s
Maximum memory size	768 GB
Supported memory types	DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600	DDR4
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4	1
Package Size	52.5 mm x 45 mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt	65 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	40
PCI Express revision	3.0
PCIe configurations	x4, x8, x16
Scalability	4S Only
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)	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)