Intel Xeon W-2150B vs Intel Xeon E5-2450L

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon W-2150B and Intel Xeon E5-2450L processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: 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), PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon W-2150B

  • CPU is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 10 vs 8
  • 4 more threads: 20 vs 16
  • Around 96% higher clock speed: 4.5 GHz vs 2.30 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm
  • Around 25% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 5x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 512 GB vs 384 GB
Launch date 5 June 2017 vs May 2012
Number of cores 10 vs 8
Number of threads 20 vs 16
Maximum frequency 4.5 GHz vs 2.30 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 32 nm
L1 cache 640 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 10 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Maximum memory size 512 GB vs 384 GB

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2450L

  • Around 45% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
L3 cache 20480 KB (shared) vs 13.75 MB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 vs 1

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon W-2150B
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2450L

Name Intel Xeon W-2150B Intel Xeon E5-2450L
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 12.765
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 118.786
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.936
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 6.855
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 17.598
PassMark - Single thread mark 1044
PassMark - CPU mark 11668

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon W-2150B Intel Xeon E5-2450L

Essentials

Architecture codename Skylake W Sandy Bridge EN
Family Xeon W
Launch date 5 June 2017 May 2012
Place in performance rating 1895 1891
Processor Number W-2150B E5-2450L
Series W-2000 Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family
Vertical segment Server Server
Launch price (MSRP) $72
Price now $130
Status Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 18.72

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.0 GHz 1.80 GHz
Bus Speed 8 GT/s DMI 8 GT/s QPI
L1 cache 640 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 10 MB 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 13.75 MB 20480 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 32 nm
Maximum frequency 4.5 GHz 2.30 GHz
Number of cores 10 8
Number of threads 20 16
Die size 294 mm
Number of QPI Links 1
Transistor count 1270 million
VID voltage range 0.60V-1.35V

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 4 3
Maximum memory bandwidth 79.47 GB/s 38.4 GB/s
Maximum memory size 512 GB 384 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-2666 DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 2
Sockets supported FCLGA-2066 (R4) FCLGA1356
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 45mm x 42.5mm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 70 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 48 24
PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0
PCIe configurations 1x16, 1x8, 1x4
Scalability 2S Only

Security & Reliability

Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Speed Shift technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
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)