Intel Xeon E7450 vs Intel Xeon E5-2438L v3

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E7450 and Intel Xeon E5-2438L v3 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Memory, Peripherals. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

Intel Xeon E7450

Intel Xeon E5-2438L v3

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2438L v3

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 10 vs 6
Around 22% higher maximum core temperature: 83 vs 68°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 45 nm
Around 29% lower typical power consumption: 70 Watt vs 90 Watt

Number of cores	10 vs 6
Maximum core temperature	83 vs 68°C
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 45 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt vs 90 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E7450
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2438L v3

Name	Intel Xeon E7450	Intel Xeon E5-2438L v3
PassMark - Single thread mark	1016
PassMark - CPU mark	9849

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E7450	Intel Xeon E5-2438L v3
Essentials
Architecture codename	Dunnington	Haswell
Launch date	Q3'08	Q1'15
Place in performance rating	2009	not rated
Processor Number	E7450	E5-2438LV3
Series	Legacy Intel Xeon Processors	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family
Vertical segment	Server	Embedded
Status		Launched
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.40 GHz	1.80 GHz
Bus Speed	1066 MHz	8 GT/s QPI
Die size	503 mm2
L3 cache	12 MB L3 Cache
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	68°C	83
Number of cores	6	10
Transistor count	1900 million
VID voltage range	0.900V-1.450V	0.65V–1.30V
Number of QPI Links		1
Number of threads		20
Compatibility
Package Size	53.3mm x 53.3mm	42.5mmx45mm
Sockets supported	PGA604	FCLGA1356
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	90 Watt	70 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		2
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
FSB parity
Idle States
Intel 64
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Instruction set extensions		Intel® AVX
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® TSX-NI
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)		46-bit
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
Memory
Max memory channels		3
Maximum memory bandwidth		51.2 GB/s
Maximum memory size		384 GB
Supported memory types		DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes		24
PCI Express revision		3.0
PCIe configurations		x4, x8, x16
Scalability		2S