Celeron 2961Y vs Xeon E5-2450
Primary details
Comparing Xeon E5-2450 and Celeron 2961Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1256 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 1.74 | no data |
| Market segment | Server | Laptop |
| Series | no data | Intel Celeron |
| Power efficiency | 4.72 | no data |
| Architecture codename | Sandy Bridge-EN (2012) | Haswell (2013−2015) |
| Release date | 14 May 2012 (12 years ago) | 1 December 2013 (10 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $500 | $107 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Xeon E5-2450 and Celeron 2961Y 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 | 8 (Octa-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 16 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 2.1 GHz | 1.1 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.9 GHz | 1.1 GHz |
| Bus rate | 8 GT/s | 5 GT/s |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 256 KB (per core) | 256K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 20480 KB (shared) | 2 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 22 nm |
| Die size | 294 mm2 | 118 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 100 °C |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 105 °C |
| Number of transistors | 1,270 million | 1,400 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon E5-2450 and Celeron 2961Y 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 | 1 |
| Socket | FCLGA1356 | FCBGA1168 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 95 Watt | 11.5 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2450 and Celeron 2961Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® AVX | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2 |
| AES-NI | + | - |
| AVX | + | - |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | - |
| Idle States | + | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | + |
| Flex Memory Access | - | no data |
| Smart Response | no data | - |
| Demand Based Switching | + | no data |
| GPIO | no data | + |
| Smart Connect | no data | + |
| FDI | no data | - |
| AMT | no data | 9.5 |
| Matrix Storage | no data | - |
| HD Audio | no data | + |
| RST | no data | + |
Security technologies
Xeon E5-2450 and Celeron 2961Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | - |
| EDB | + | + |
| Secure Key | no data | + |
| Anti-Theft | no data | - |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2450 and Celeron 2961Y are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
| VT-d | + | - |
| VT-x | + | + |
| EPT | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2450 and Celeron 2961Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR3 |
| Maximum memory size | 384 GB | 16 GB |
| Max memory channels | 3 | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 38.4 GB/s | 25.6 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | Intel® HD Graphics for 4th Generation Intel® Processors |
| Quick Sync Video | - | + |
| Clear Video | no data | + |
| Graphics max frequency | no data | 850 MHz |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Xeon E5-2450 and Celeron 2961Y integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | no data | 3 |
| eDP | no data | + |
| DisplayPort | - | + |
| HDMI | - | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2450 and Celeron 2961Y.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 2.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 24 | 12 |
| PCI support | no data | - |
| USB revision | no data | 3.0 |
| Total number of SATA ports | no data | 4 |
| Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports | no data | 4 |
| Integrated IDE | no data | - |
| Number of USB ports | no data | 4 |
| Integrated LAN | no data | - |
| UART | 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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 14 May 2012 | 1 December 2013 |
| Physical cores | 8 | 2 |
| Threads | 16 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 22 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 95 Watt | 11 Watt |
Xeon E5-2450 has 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads.
Celeron 2961Y, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 45.5% more advanced lithography process, and 763.6% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Xeon E5-2450 and Celeron 2961Y. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Xeon E5-2450 is a server/workstation processor while Celeron 2961Y is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon E5-2450 and Celeron 2961Y, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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