Xeon E5-2448L vs E5-4603

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-4603 and Xeon E5-2448L processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1760	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.34	no data
Market segment	Server	Server
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge-EP (2012)	Sandy Bridge-EN (2012)
Release date	14 May 2012 (12 years ago)	14 May 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$712	no data
Current price	$310 (0.4x MSRP)	$298

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-4603 and Xeon E5-2448L 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	4 (Quad-Core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	8	16
Base clock speed	2 GHz	1.8 GHz
Boost clock speed	2 GHz	2.1 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	10240 KB (shared)	20480 KB (shared)
Chip lithography	32 nm	32 nm
Die size	294 mm2	294 mm2
Number of transistors	1,270 million	1,270 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-4603 and Xeon E5-2448L 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	4	2
Socket	FCLGA2011	1356
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	70 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-4603 and Xeon E5-2448L. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Xeon E5-4603 and Xeon E5-2448L technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	no data
Identity Protection	-	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-4603 and Xeon E5-2448L 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 E5-4603 and Xeon E5-2448L. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3
Maximum memory size	384 GB	no data
Max memory channels	4	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	34.1 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-4603 and Xeon E5-2448L.

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	4	8
Threads	8	16
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	70 Watt

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