Xeon E5-2650 v4: specs and benchmarks

Summary

Intel started Xeon E5-2650 v4 sales 16 March 2016 at a recommended price of $1,166. This is a Broadwell-EP architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 12 cores and 24 threads, and is based on 14 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 2900 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is FCLGA2011 processor with a TDP of 105 Watt. It supports DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133, DDR4-2400 memory.

Primary details

Xeon E5-2650 v4 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in the ranking	897
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.60
Market segment	Server
Series	Intel Xeon E5
Power efficiency	7.67	of 100.00 (Core Ultra 7 164U)
Architecture codename	Broadwell-EP (2016)
Release date	16 March 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,166	of 17,906 (Xeon Platinum 8280L)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores	12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads	24
Base clock speed	2.2 GHz	of 4.7 GHz (Ryzen 9 7900X)
Boost clock speed	2.9 GHz	of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS)
Bus type	QPI
Bus rate	2 × 9.6 GT/s
Multiplier	22	of 42 (Core i7-7700K)
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	of 80 KB (EPYC 9965)
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	30 MB (shared)	of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X)
Chip lithography	14 nm	of 3 nm (Core Ultra 9 285K)
Die size	306.18 mm2
Maximum core temperature	80 °C	of 110 °C (Core Ultra 9 185H)
Number of transistors	3,400 million	of 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X)
64 bit support	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2650 v4 compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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 configuration	2 (Multiprocessor)	of 8 (Xeon Platinum 8454H)
Socket	FCLGA2011
Power consumption (TDP)	105 Watt	of 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2650 v4. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX2
AES-NI	+
AVX	+
vPro	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+
TSX	+
Idle States	+
Thermal Monitoring	+
Flex Memory Access	-
Demand Based Switching	+
PAE	46 Bit

Security technologies

Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+
EDB	+
Secure Key	+
OS Guard	+

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

VT-d	+
VT-x	+
EPT	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2650 v4's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133, DDR4-2400
Maximum memory size	1.5 TB	of 6 TiB (EPYC 9654)
Max memory channels	4	of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)
Maximum memory bandwidth	76.8 GB/s	of 460.8 GB/s (EPYC 9654)
ECC memory support	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of a GPU integrated into Xeon E5-2650 v4.

Integrated graphics card

N/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version	3.0	of 5.0 (EPYC 9655P)
PCI Express lanes	40	of 128 (EPYC 9655P)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Xeon E5-2650 v4. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

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Closest competitors

Xeon E5-2650 v4's performance relative to its closest rivals among server CPUs.

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