Intel Core i5-5250U vs Intel Xeon E5-2643 v4. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server
• Family
  Intel Core i5 Intel Xeon E5
• Generation
  5 6
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 5000U Intel Xeon E5 v4
• Predecessor
  -- Intel Xeon E5-2643 v3

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  1.60 GHz 3.40 GHz
• CPU Cores
  2 6
• Turbo (1 Core)
  2.70 GHz 3.70 GHz
• CPU Threads
  4 12
• Hyperthreading
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

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

• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 6000 no iGPU
• GPU frequency
  0.30 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.00 GHz No turbo
• Execution units
  48
• Shader
  384
• Max. GPU Memory
  16 GB --
• Max. displays
  3
• Generation
  8
• DirectX Version
  11.2
• Technology
  14 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2015

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

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• h264
  Decode / Encode No
• VP9
  No No
• VP8
  Decode No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode No
• VC-1
  Decode No
• JPEG
  Decode No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Xeon E5-2643 v4 and Intel Core i5-5250U. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR3-1866 DDR4-2400
• ECC
  No Yes
• Memory channels
  2 4
• PCIe version
  2.0 3.0
• PCIe lanes
  12 40

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-5250U and Intel Xeon E5-2643 v4 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  15 W 135 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-5250U and Intel Core i5-5250U, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L3-Cache
  3.00 MB 20.00 MB
• Architecture
  Broadwell U Broadwell E
• Technology
  14 nm 14 nm
• Socket
  BGA 1168 LGA 2011-3
• Release date
  Q1/2015 Q1/2016