Intel Xeon E5-2650 vs Intel Core 7 150U

Compare Intel Xeon E5 Family 8 core CPU vs Intel Core (Series 1) 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

2944 points
1% slightly better overall score
2898 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3493 points
4205 points
20% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2761 points
8% slightly better multitasking score
2534 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2710 points
10% slightly better heavy workload score
2452 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

58.36 points
84.75 points
45% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2564 points
7276 points
183% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

403 points
2112 points
424% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
10
25% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
33% slightly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2 GHz
11% slightly higher clock speed
1.8 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

2.8 GHz
5.4 GHz
92% significantly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

40
100% significantly more pcie lanes
20

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

4
100% significantly more memory channels
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

384 GiB
300% significantly more supported memory
96 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

547th of 1,089
554th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Xeon E5 Family
Core (Series 1)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2012 February
2024 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066
DDR5-5200

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
No

Xeon E5-2650 vs Core 7 150U specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2650 is faster than the Core 7 150U. Despite this, the Core 7 150U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core 7 150U has slightly more cores than the Xeon E5-2650. Indeed, the Core 7 150U has 10 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Xeon E5-2650. Despite this, the Xeon E5-2650 has more threads than the Core 7 150U. Our comparison shows that the Xeon E5-2650 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core 7 150U. Despite this, the Core 7 150U has a significantly higher turbo speed.

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 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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