Xeon E-2456 vs E5-2673 v4
Aggregate performance score
Xeon E5-2673 v4 outperforms Xeon E-2456 by a minimal 1% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Xeon E5-2673 v4 and Xeon E-2456 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 613 | 617 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 76.98 |
| Market segment | Server | Server |
| Series | Intel Xeon E5 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 9.04 | 15.16 |
| Architecture codename | Broadwell (2015−2019) | Raptor Lake-S (2023−2024) |
| Release date | 20 June 2016 (8 years ago) | 14 December 2023 (1 year ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $375 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Xeon E5-2673 v4 and Xeon E-2456 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 | 20 (Icosa-Core) | 6 (Hexa-Core) |
| Performance-cores | no data | 6 |
| Threads | 40 | 12 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 3.3 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.3 GHz | 5.1 GHz |
| Bus type | QPI | no data |
| Bus rate | 2 × 9.6 GT/s | 16 GT/s |
| Multiplier | 23 | no data |
| L1 cache | no data | 80 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 5 MB | 1.25 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 50 MB | 18 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | Intel 7 nm |
| Die size | 456.12 mm2 | 163 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 100 °C |
| Number of transistors | 7200 Million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon E5-2673 v4 and Xeon E-2456 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 (Multiprocessor) | 1 |
| Socket | no data | FCLGA1700 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 135 Watt | 80 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2673 v4 and Xeon E-2456. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2 |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| AVX | + | + |
| vPro | + | no data |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | 2 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
| TSX | + | - |
| Idle States | no data | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | - | + |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | no data | - |
Security technologies
Xeon E5-2673 v4 and Xeon E-2456 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | + |
| EDB | no data | + |
| Secure Key | no data | + |
| OS Guard | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2673 v4 and Xeon E-2456 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 E5-2673 v4 and Xeon E-2456. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR5-4800 |
| Maximum memory size | 1,536 GB | 128 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 2 |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | N/A |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2673 v4 and Xeon E-2456.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 5 |
| PCI Express lanes | 40 | 16 |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
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
| Performance score | 12.82 | 12.74 |
| Recency | 20 June 2016 | 14 December 2023 |
| Physical cores | 20 | 6 |
| Threads | 40 | 12 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 135 Watt | 80 Watt |
Xeon E5-2673 v4 has a 0.6% higher aggregate performance score, and 233.3% more physical cores and 233.3% more threads.
Xeon E-2456, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 years, and 68.8% lower power consumption.
Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Xeon E5-2673 v4 and Xeon E-2456.
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