Turion 64 X2 TL-50 vs Xeon E5-2630

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2630 and Turion 64 X2 TL-50 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1442not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.39no data
Market segmentServerLaptop
Seriesno data2x AMD Turion 64
Power efficiency3.88no data
Architecture codenameSandy Bridge-EP (2012)Taylor (2006)
Release date6 March 2012 (12 years ago)17 May 2006 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$74$154

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2630 and Turion 64 X2 TL-50 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 cores6 (Hexa-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads122
Base clock speed2.3 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2.8 GHz1.6 GHz
Bus rate7.2 GT/s800 MHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache256 KB (per core)512 KB
L3 cache15360 KB (shared)no data
Chip lithography32 nm90 nm
Die size435 mm2147 mm2
Maximum core temperature77 °Cno data
Number of transistors2,270 million154 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2630 and Turion 64 X2 TL-50 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 configuration2no data
SocketFCLGA2011S1
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt31 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2630 and Turion 64 X2 TL-50. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVXSSE(1,2,3), AMD64
AES-NI+-
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology1.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access-no data
Demand Based Switching+no data

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2630 and Turion 64 X2 TL-50 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2630 and Turion 64 X2 TL-50 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 E5-2630 and Turion 64 X2 TL-50. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3no data
Maximum memory size384 GBno data
Max memory channels4no data
Maximum memory bandwidth42.6 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2630 and Turion 64 X2 TL-50.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes40no 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.



GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Xeon E5-2630 453
+372%
Turion 64 X2 TL-50 96

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Xeon E5-2630 2457
+1506%
Turion 64 X2 TL-50 153

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 March 2012 17 May 2006
Physical cores 6 2
Threads 12 2
Chip lithography 32 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 31 Watt

Xeon E5-2630 has an age advantage of 5 years, 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads, and a 181.3% more advanced lithography process.

Turion 64 X2 TL-50, on the other hand, has 206.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon E5-2630 and Turion 64 X2 TL-50. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon E5-2630 is a server/workstation processor while Turion 64 X2 TL-50 is a notebook one.


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Intel Xeon E5-2630
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AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-50
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