Atom N550 vs Xeon E5-2650 v4

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2650 v4 and Atom N550 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking885not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.55no data
Market segmentServerLaptop
SeriesIntel Xeon E5Intel Atom
Power efficiency7.70no data
Architecture codenameBroadwell-EP (2016)Pineview (2009−2011)
Release date16 March 2016 (8 years ago)23 August 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,166$86

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2650 v4 and Atom N550 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 cores12 (Dodeca-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads244
Base clock speed2.2 GHz1.5 GHz
Boost clock speed2.9 GHz1.5 GHz
Bus typeQPIno data
Bus rate2 × 9.6 GT/s666 MHz
Multiplier22no data
L1 cache64 KB (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache256 KB (per core)512K (per core)
L3 cache30 MB (shared)0 KB
Chip lithography14 nm45 nm
Die size306.18 mm287 mm2
Maximum core temperature80 °Cno data
Number of transistors3,400 million176 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2650 v4 and Atom N550 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 configuration2 (Multiprocessor)1
SocketFCLGA2011FCBGA559
Power consumption (TDP)105 Watt8.5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2650 v4 and Atom N550. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVX2Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3
AES-NI+-
AVX+-
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology2.0-
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX+-
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Access-no data
Demand Based Switching+-
PAE46 Bitno data

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2650 v4 and Atom N550 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 v4 and Atom N550 are enumerated here.

VT-d+-
VT-x+-
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2650 v4 and Atom N550. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133, DDR4-2400DDR3
Maximum memory size1.5 TB2 GB
Max memory channels41
Maximum memory bandwidth76.8 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardN/AIntel GMA 3150

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2650 v4 and Atom N550.

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.



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.

Xeon E5-2650 v4 13560
+4692%
Atom N550 283

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 E5-2650 v4 554
+766%
Atom N550 64

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 E5-2650 v4 2679
+1800%
Atom N550 141

Pros & cons summary


Recency 16 March 2016 23 August 2010
Physical cores 12 2
Threads 24 4
Chip lithography 14 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 105 Watt 8 Watt

Xeon E5-2650 v4 has an age advantage of 5 years, 500% more physical cores and 500% more threads, and a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.

Atom N550, on the other hand, has 1212.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon E5-2650 v4 and Atom N550. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon E5-2650 v4 is a server/workstation processor while Atom N550 is a notebook one.


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