Celeron M 550 vs Xeon E5-2697 v3

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2697 v3 and Celeron M 550 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	660	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	no data	Celeron M
Power efficiency	7.64	no data
Architecture codename	Haswell-EP (2014−2015)	Merom (2006−2008)
Release date	8 September 2014 (10 years ago)	no data (2024 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2697 v3 and Celeron M 550 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 cores	14 (Tetradeca-Core)	1 (Single-Core)
Threads	28	1
Base clock speed	2.6 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.6 GHz	2 GHz
Bus rate	9.6 GT/s	533 MHz
L1 cache	64K (per core)	no data
L2 cache	256K (per core)	no data
L3 cache	35 MB (shared)	no data
Chip lithography	22 nm	65 nm
Die size	356 mm2	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	77 °C	no data
Number of transistors	5,560 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2697 v3 and Celeron M 550 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 configuration	2	no data
Socket	FCLGA2011	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	145 Watt	30 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2697 v3 and Celeron M 550. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX2	no data
AES-NI	+	-
AVX	+	-
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
PAE	46 Bit	no data

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2697 v3 and Celeron M 550 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2697 v3 and Celeron M 550 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2697 v3 and Celeron M 550. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133	no data
Maximum memory size	768 GB	no data
Max memory channels	4	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	68 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2697 v3 and Celeron M 550.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	40	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	14	1
Threads	28	1
Chip lithography	22 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	145 Watt	30 Watt

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