Intel Xeon E5-2650 v4 vs Intel Xeon E5-2690 v2

Compare Intel Xeon E5 v4 Family 12 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v2 Family 10 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

4970 points
5073 points
2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4831 points
5423 points
12% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5013 points
1% slightly better multitasking score
4932 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5022 points
2% slightly better heavy workload score
4878 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

147.11 points
38% slightly higher Blender score
106.45 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2679 points
4204 points
56% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

554 points
582 points
5% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3070 points
4225 points
37% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

661 points
11% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
593 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
20% slightly more cores
10

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
20% slightly more threads
20

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.2 GHz
3 GHz
36% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

2.9 GHz
3.6 GHz
24% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W
23% slightly lower TDP
130 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

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

353rd of 1,089
342nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Xeon E5 v4 Family
Xeon E5 v2 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2016 February
2013 August

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
Yes

Xeon E5-2650 v4 vs Xeon E5-2690 v2 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2690 v2 is faster than the Xeon E5-2650 v4. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2650 v4 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2650 v4 has slightly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Xeon E5-2690 v2 has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon E5-2690 v2. Our comparison shows that the Xeon E5-2690 v2 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2650 v4. Also, the Xeon E5-2690 v2 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Xeon E5-2650 v4 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2690 v2 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 E5-2650 v4 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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