Intel Xeon E5-2630 v2 vs Intel Xeon E5-2650

Compare Intel Xeon E5 v2 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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Price

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$ 488.88
$ 103.11
$ 385.77 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2643 points
2944 points
11% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3683 points
5% slightly better gaming score
3493 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2305 points
2761 points
19% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2228 points
2710 points
21% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

55.40 points
58.36 points
5% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2510 points
4002 points
59% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

487 points
515 points
5% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2421 points
2564 points
5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

485 points
20% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
403 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
8
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
16
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz
30% slightly higher clock speed
2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.1 GHz
10% slightly higher turbo speed
2.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

80 W
18% slightly lower TDP
95 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

40
Identical
40

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

4
Identical
4

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

768 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory
384 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

603rd of 1,089
547th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Xeon E5 v2 Family
Xeon E5 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 August
2012 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066
DDR3-1066

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
Yes

Xeon E5-2630 v2 vs Xeon E5-2650 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2650 is faster than the Xeon E5-2630 v2. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2630 v2 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2650 has slightly more cores than the Xeon E5-2630 v2. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2650 has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Xeon E5-2630 v2. It also has more threads than the Xeon E5-2630 v2. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2630 v2 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2650. Also, the Xeon E5-2630 v2 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Xeon E5-2630 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 E5-2630 v2 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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