Intel Core i5-11400 vs Intel Xeon E5-2603 v4. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 11000 Intel Xeon E5 v4
• Family
  Intel Core i5 Intel Xeon E5
• Generation
  11 6
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i5-10400 Intel Xeon E5-2603 v3
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Successor
  Intel Core i5-12400 -

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  2.6 GHz 1.7 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  6 6
• CPU Threads
  12 6
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.4 GHz No turbo
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  4.2 GHz No turbo

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  12 -
• Execution units
  24 -
• Generation
  12 -
• GPU Frequency
  350 MHz -
• GPU name
  Intel UHD Graphics 730 no iGPU
• GPU Turbo
  1300 MHz No turbo
• Max. displays
  3 -
• Max. GPU Memory
  64 GB -
• Release date
  Q1/2021 -
• Shader
  192 -
• Technology
  14 nm -

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  Decode No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode No
• VC-1
  Decode No
• VP8
  Decode / Encode No
• VP9
  Decode / Encode No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Xeon E5-2603 v4 and Intel Core i5-11400. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No Yes
• Max. Memory
  128 GB -
• Memory channels
  2 4
• Memory type
  DDR4-3200 DDR4-1866
• PCIe lanes
  20 40
• PCIe version
  4.0 3.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-11400 and Intel Xeon E5-2603 v4 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  100 °C -
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  65 W 85 W
• TDP (PL2)
  154 W / 56 s -

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-11400 and Intel Xeon E5-2603 v4, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Rocket Lake S Broadwell E
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L2-Cache
  3 MB -
• L3-Cache
  12 MB 15 MB
• Release date
  Q1/2021 Q1/2016
• Socket
  LGA 1200 LGA 2011-3
• Technology
  14 nm 14 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d