Xeon E5-2650L v2 vs Core 2 Duo U7600

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo U7600 and Xeon E5-2650L v2 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1247
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesIntel Core 2 Duono data
Power efficiencyno data6.46
Architecture codenameMerom-2048 (2006−2008)Ivy Bridge-EP (2013)
Release date27 July 2006 (18 years ago)1 September 2013 (11 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo U7600 and Xeon E5-2650L v2 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores2 (Dual-core)10 (Deca-Core)
Threads220
Base clock speed1.2 GHz1.7 GHz
Boost clock speed1.2 GHz2.1 GHz
Bus rate533 MHz7.2 GT/s
L1 cache64 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache2 MB256 KB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB25 MB (shared)
Chip lithography65 nm22 nm
Die size143 mm2160 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °C65 °C
Number of transistors291 Million1,400 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range0.8V-0.975Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo U7600 and Xeon E5-2650L v2 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration12
SocketPBGA479FCLGA2011
Power consumption (TDP)10 Watt70 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo U7600 and Xeon E5-2650L v2. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AVX
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology-2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data-
Demand Based Switching-+
PAEno data46 Bit
FSB parity-no data

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo U7600 and Xeon E5-2650L v2 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-+
EDB++
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo U7600 and Xeon E5-2650L v2 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo U7600 and Xeon E5-2650L v2. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data768 GB
Max memory channelsno data4
Maximum memory bandwidthno data51.2 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Duo U7600 and Xeon E5-2650L v2.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data40

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.



Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Core 2 Duo U7600 347
Xeon E5-2650L v2 7586
+2086%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 July 2006 1 September 2013
Physical cores 2 10
Threads 2 20
Chip lithography 65 nm 22 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 70 Watt

Core 2 Duo U7600 has 600% lower power consumption.

Xeon E5-2650L v2, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 years, 400% more physical cores and 900% more threads, and a 195.5% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Duo U7600 and Xeon E5-2650L v2. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Core 2 Duo U7600 is a notebook processor while Xeon E5-2650L v2 is a server/workstation one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Core 2 Duo U7600 and Xeon E5-2650L v2, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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