Intel Xeon E5-4650 v4 vs Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-4650 v4 and Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4 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.

Intel Xeon E5-4650 v4

Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-4650 v4

6 more cores, run more applications at once: 14 vs 8
20 more threads: 28 vs 8
Around 8% higher maximum core temperature: 80 vs 74°C
Around 52% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1630 vs 1069
2.6x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 25851 vs 10057

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	14 vs 8
Number of threads	28 vs 8
Maximum core temperature	80 vs 74°C
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4 vs 2
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1630 vs 1069
PassMark - CPU mark	25851 vs 10057

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4

Around 24% lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 105 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt vs 105 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-4650 v4
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1630

1069

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

25851

10057

Name	Intel Xeon E5-4650 v4	Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4
PassMark - Single thread mark	1630	1069
PassMark - CPU mark	25851	10057
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		2235
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		11423

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-4650 v4	Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4
Essentials
Architecture codename	Broadwell	Broadwell
Launch date	Q2'16	Q1'16
Place in performance rating	1025	1027
Processor Number	E5-4650V4	E5-2609V4
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family
Status	Launched	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.20 GHz	1.70 GHz
Bus Speed	9.6 GT/s QPI	6.4 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	80	74°C
Maximum frequency	2.80 GHz
Number of cores	14	8
Number of QPI Links	2	2
Number of threads	28	8
VID voltage range		0
Memory
Max memory channels	4	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	68 GB/s	59.7 GB/s
Maximum memory size	1.5 TB	1.5 TB
Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR4 1600/1866
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4	2
Package Size	45mm x 52.5mm	45mm x 52.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011-3	FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt	85 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	40	40
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
PCIe configurations	x4, x8, x16	x4, x8, x16
Scalability	4S	2S
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX2	Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Instruction Replay Technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)	46-bit	46-bit
Thermal Monitoring
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)