Intel Xeon E5-2650 v4 vs Intel Xeon E5-2667 v2

Xeon E5-2650 v4 vs Xeon E5-2667 v2 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2650 v4 performs better than the Xeon E5-2667 v2. Despite this, the Xeon E5-2667 v2 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2650 v4 has significantly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Xeon E5-2667 v2 that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon E5-2667 v2. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2667 v2 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2650 v4. Also, the Xeon E5-2667 v2 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Xeon E5-2650 v4 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2667 v2 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2650 v4 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.