Intel Xeon E5-2690 v2 vs Intel Xeon E5-2450L

Intel Xeon E5-2690 v2
Intel Socket 2011SERVER
3000 MHz / Cores: 10 / Sep 2013
Intel Xeon E5-2690 v2
Intel Xeon E5-2450L
Intel Socket 1366SERVER
1800 MHz / Cores: 8 / May 2012
Intel Xeon E5-2450L

Summary

Reasons to consider Intel Xeon E5-2690 v2

This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.
Higher theoretical multi-threaded performance, based on specifications plus core architecture.
Higher overall performance, based on specifications plus core architecture.

Reasons to consider Intel Xeon E5-2450L

60 watts lower power draw.

Intel Xeon E5-2690 v2

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Xeon E5-2690 v2

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Xeon E5-2690 v2

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Xeon E5-2690 v2

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

Intel Xeon E5-2690 v2Intel Xeon E5-2450L
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
TXT
Intel VT-x
Intel VT-d
AES-NI
F16C
EPT
ECC
Hyper-Threading

Architecture

Intel Xeon E5-2690 v2Intel Xeon E5-2450L
ArchitectureIntel_IvyBridgevsIntel_SandyBridge
MarketServervsServer
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameIvy Bridge-EPvsSandy Bridge-EN
Release DateSep 2013vsMay 2012

Cores

Intel Xeon E5-2690 v2Intel Xeon E5-2450L
Cores10vs8
Threads20vs16
SMPs2vs2
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

Intel Xeon E5-2690 v2Intel Xeon E5-2450L
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache25600 KB (shared)vs20480 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Xeon E5-2690 v2Intel Xeon E5-2450L
SocketIntel Socket 2011vsIntel Socket 1366
Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
Packagevs
Die Size160mm²vs294mm²
Process22 nmvs32 nm

Performance

Intel Xeon E5-2690 v2Intel Xeon E5-2450L
Cpu Frequency3000 MHzvs1800 MHz
Turbo Clock3800 MHzvs2300 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvs1.35 V
TDP130 Wvs70 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Xeon E5-2690 v2
    3914 points
  • Intel Xeon E5-2450L
    2300 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Xeon E5-2690 v2
    37080 points
  • Intel Xeon E5-2450L
    17280 points

Points - higher is better