Xeon E5-2450L v2: specs and benchmarks

Summary

Intel started Xeon E5-2450L v2 sales 1 January 2014. This is a desktop processor primarily aimed at professional systems. It has 10 cores and 20 threads, and is based on 22 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 2100 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is FCLGA1356 processor with a TDP of 60 Watt. It supports DDR3-800, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, DDR3-1600 memory.

Primary details

Xeon E5-2450L v2 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in the ranking	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Market segment	Server
Release date	1 January 2014 (10 years ago)

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	10 (Deca-Core)
Threads	20
Base clock speed	1.7 GHz	of 4.7 GHz (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed	2.1 GHz	of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS)
Bus rate	7.2 GT/s
L3 cache	25 MB Intel® Smart Cache	of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X)
Chip lithography	22 nm	of 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Maximum core temperature	68 °C	of 110 °C (Atom x7-E3950)
64 bit support	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2450L v2 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	of 8 (Opteron 842)
Socket	FCLGA1356
Power consumption (TDP)	60 Watt	of 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2450L v2. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX
AES-NI	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+
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 E5-2450L v2's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3-800, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, DDR3-1600
Maximum memory size	384 GB	of 6 TiB (EPYC 9124)
Max memory channels	3	of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)
Maximum memory bandwidth	38.4 GB/s	of 460.8 GB/s (EPYC 9124)
ECC memory support	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version	3.0	of 5.0 (Core i9-12900K)
PCI Express lanes	24	of 128 (EPYC 7551P)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Xeon E5-2450L v2. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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