Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 vs Intel Xeon E5-2690

Compare Intel Xeon E5 v4 Family 6 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 Family 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4288 points

0.59% slightly better overall score

4263 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6056 points

19% slightly better gaming score

5047 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3725 points

3997 points

7% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3606 points

3919 points

8% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

94.25 points

27% slightly higher Blender score

73.79 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5425 points

72% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

3154 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1136 points

115% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

528 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5449 points

56% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

3487 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1187 points

102% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

586 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

24% slightly higher clock speed

2.9 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz

5% slightly higher turbo speed

3.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

140 W

135 W

3% slightly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

410th of 1,089

413th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Xeon E5 v4 Family

Xeon E5 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2016 May

2012 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1600

DDR3-1066

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Xeon E5-1650 v4 vs Xeon E5-2690 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2690 is faster than the Xeon E5-1650 v4. Despite this, the Xeon E5-1650 v4 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2690 has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Xeon E5-1650 v4 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon E5-1650 v4. Our comparison shows that the Xeon E5-1650 v4 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2690. Also, the Xeon E5-1650 v4 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Xeon E5-2690 outputs less heat than Xeon E5-1650 v4 thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Xeon E5-1650 v4 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.