Xeon E3-1501M v6 vs E5-2650 v2

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2650 v2 and Xeon E3-1501M v6 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1074not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.46no data
Market segmentServerMobile workstation
Seriesno dataIntel Xeon E3
Power efficiency6.19no data
Architecture codenameIvy Bridge-EP (2013)Kaby Lake (2016−2019)
Release date1 September 2013 (11 years ago)12 June 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$650no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2650 v2 and Xeon E3-1501M v6 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads164
Base clock speed2.6 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3.4 GHz2.9 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rate8 GT/s8 GT/s
Multiplierno data29
L1 cache64 KB (per core)256 KB
L2 cache256 KB (per core)1 MB
L3 cache20 MB (shared)6 MB
Chip lithography22 nm14 nm
Die size160 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature75 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,400 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2650 v2 and Xeon E3-1501M v6 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 configuration21 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFCLGA2011no data
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2650 v2 and Xeon E3-1501M v6. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVXno data
AES-NI++
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX-+
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access-no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE46 Bitno data

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2650 v2 and Xeon E3-1501M v6 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2650 v2 and Xeon E3-1501M v6 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2650 v2 and Xeon E3-1501M v6. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4-2400
Maximum memory size768 GB64 GB
Max memory channels42
Maximum memory bandwidth59.7 GB/s38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel HD Graphics P630

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2650 v2 and Xeon E3-1501M v6.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4016

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 September 2013 12 June 2017
Physical cores 8 4
Threads 16 4
Chip lithography 22 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 45 Watt

Xeon E5-2650 v2 has 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads.

Xeon E3-1501M v6, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 57.1% more advanced lithography process, and 111.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon E5-2650 v2 and Xeon E3-1501M v6. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon E5-2650 v2 is a server/workstation processor while Xeon E3-1501M v6 is a mobile workstation one.


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