Pentium M 765 vs Xeon E5-2650 v2
Aggregate performance score
Xeon E5-2650 v2 outperforms Pentium M 765 by a whopping 2723% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Xeon E5-2650 v2 and Pentium M 765 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1085 | 3195 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 2.46 | no data |
| Market segment | Server | Laptop |
| Series | no data | Pentium M |
| Power efficiency | 6.19 | 0.99 |
| Architecture codename | Ivy Bridge-EP (2013) | Dothan (2004−2005) |
| Release date | 1 September 2013 (11 years ago) | 20 October 2004 (20 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $650 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Xeon E5-2650 v2 and Pentium M 765 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) | 1 (Single-Core) |
| Threads | 16 | 1 |
| Base clock speed | 2.6 GHz | 2.1 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.4 GHz | 2.1 GHz |
| Bus rate | 8 GT/s | 400 MHz |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | 32 KB |
| L2 cache | 256 KB (per core) | 2 MB |
| L3 cache | 20 MB (shared) | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | 90 nm |
| Die size | 160 mm2 | 87 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 75 °C | 100 °C |
| Number of transistors | 1,400 million | 144 million |
| 64 bit support | + | - |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| VID voltage range | no data | 0.988-1.356V |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon E5-2650 v2 and Pentium M 765 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 | FCLGA2011 | PPGA478, H-PBGA479 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 95 Watt | 7.5 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2650 v2 and Pentium M 765. 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 | 2.0 | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | - |
| Idle States | + | - |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | - |
| Flex Memory Access | - | no data |
| Demand Based Switching | + | - |
| PAE | 46 Bit | 32 Bit |
| FSB parity | no data | - |
Security technologies
Xeon E5-2650 v2 and Pentium M 765 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | - |
| EDB | + | + |
| Secure Key | + | no data |
| OS Guard | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2650 v2 and Pentium M 765 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | + | no data |
| VT-x | + | - |
| EPT | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2650 v2 and Pentium M 765. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR2 |
| Maximum memory size | 768 GB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 4 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 59.7 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | On certain motherboards (Chipset feature) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2650 v2 and Pentium M 765.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | 40 | no data |
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 6.21 | 0.22 |
| Recency | 1 September 2013 | 20 October 2004 |
| Physical cores | 8 | 1 |
| Threads | 16 | 1 |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | 90 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 95 Watt | 7 Watt |
Xeon E5-2650 v2 has a 2722.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, 700% more physical cores and 1500% more threads, and a 309.1% more advanced lithography process.
Pentium M 765, on the other hand, has 1257.1% lower power consumption.
The Xeon E5-2650 v2 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium M 765 in performance tests.
Be aware that Xeon E5-2650 v2 is a server/workstation processor while Pentium M 765 is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon E5-2650 v2 and Pentium M 765, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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