Intel Xeon E5-2420 v2 vs Intel Xeon E5-2650

Xeon E5-2420 v2 vs Xeon E5-2650 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2650 performs better than the Xeon E5-2420 v2. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2420 v2 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2650 has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Xeon E5-2420 v2 that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon E5-2420 v2. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2420 v2 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2650. Despite this, the Xeon E5-2650 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Xeon E5-2420 v2 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2650 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2420 v2 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.