Intel Celeron 3205U vs Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Celeron 3205U CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2
Intel Celeron 3205U Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2

CPU comparison

Intel Celeron 3205U or Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The Intel Celeron 3205U has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.50 GHz. Up to 16 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Celeron 3205U was released in Q1/2015.

The Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2 has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.00 GHz. The CPU supports up to 256 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2 was released in Q3/2013.
Intel Celeron (165) Family Intel Xeon E5 (71)
Intel Celeron 3000 (10) CPU group Intel Xeon E5 v2 (15)
7 Generation 4
Kaby Lake U Architecture Ivy Bridge EP
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Celeron 3205U is a 2 core processor with a clock frequency of 1.50 GHz. The Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2 has 8 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 3.40 GHz (4.00 GHz).
Intel Celeron 3205U Characteristic Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2
2 Cores 8
2 Threads 16
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
1.50 GHz Frequency 3.40 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 4.00 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 3.60 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
Intel Celeron 3205U Characteristic Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.
Intel HD Graphics (Broadwell GT1) GPU no iGPU
0.10 GHz GPU frequency --
0.80 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
8 GPU Generation --
14 nm Technology
3 Max. displays
12 Compute units --
96 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
2 GB Max. GPU Memory --
11.2 DirectX Version --

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
Intel HD Graphics (Broadwell GT1) GPU no iGPU
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 No
No Codec VP9 No
Decode Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 No
Decode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Celeron 3205U supports a maximum of 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2 can connect up to 256 GB of memory in 4 memory channels.
Intel Celeron 3205U Characteristic Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2
LPDDR3-1600, DDR3L-1600 Memory DDR3-1866
16 GB Max. Memory 256 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 4 (Quad Channel)
25.6 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 59.7 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache --
2.00 MB L3 Cache 25.00 MB
2.0 PCIe version 3.0
12 PCIe lanes 40
6.0 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 39.4 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Celeron 3205U has a TDP of 15 W, that of the Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2 is 150 W.
Intel Celeron 3205U Characteristic Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2
15 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 150 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
10 W TDP down --
105 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Celeron 3205U has a 2.00 MB cache, while the Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2 cache has a total of 25.00 MB.
Intel Celeron 3205U Characteristic Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2
14 nm Technology 22 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
BGA 1168 Socket LGA 2011
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q1/2015 Release date Q3/2013
-- Release price 1925 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
Intel Celeron 3205U (38%)
Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2 (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 4 CPU benchmarks
Intel Celeron 3205U (9%)
Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Celeron 3205U Intel Celeron 3205U
2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz
320 (37%)
Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
869 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Celeron 3205U Intel Celeron 3205U
2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz
621 (9%)
Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
6538 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Intel Celeron 3205U Intel Celeron 3205U
2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz
287 (36%)
Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
805 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Intel Celeron 3205U Intel Celeron 3205U
2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz
480 (10%)
Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
4775 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Intel Celeron 3205U Intel Celeron 3205U
2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz
935 (6%)
Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
16343 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Celeron 3205U Intel Celeron 3205U
2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz
61 (40%)
Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
154 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Celeron 3205U Intel Celeron 3205U
2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz
117 (10%)
Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
1132 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Intel Celeron 3205U Intel Celeron 3205U
Intel HD Graphics (Broadwell GT1) @ 0.80 GHz
154 (100%)
Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.
Intel Celeron 3205U Intel Celeron 3205U
2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
297.1 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
Intel Celeron 3205U Intel Celeron 3205U
2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz
348 (100%)
Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2
8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor
Intel Celeron 3205U Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2
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