Intel Core i7-2649M vs Intel Xeon Silver 4116

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Intel Core i7-2649M CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Xeon Silver 4116
Intel Core i7-2649M Intel Xeon Silver 4116

CPU comparison

Intel Core i7-2649M or Intel Xeon Silver 4116 - 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 Core i7-2649M has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.20 GHz. Up to 8 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-2649M was released in Q1/2011.

The Intel Xeon Silver 4116 has 12 cores with 24 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.00 GHz. The CPU supports up to 768 GB of memory in 6 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Silver 4116 was released in Q3/2017.
Intel Core i7 (298) Family Intel Xeon Silver (32)
Intel Core i 2000M (46) CPU group Intel Xeon Silver 4100 (8)
2 Generation 1
Sandy Bridge H Architecture Skylake SP
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor Intel Xeon Silver 4216

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i7-2649M is a 2 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.30 GHz (3.20 GHz). The Intel Xeon Silver 4116 has 12 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.10 GHz (3.00 GHz).

Intel Core i7-2649M Characteristic Intel Xeon Silver 4116
2 Cores 12
4 Threads 24
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.30 GHz Frequency 2.10 GHz
3.20 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.00 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 2.60 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 Core i7-2649M Characteristic Intel Xeon Silver 4116
-- 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 3000 GPU no iGPU
0.50 GHz GPU frequency --
1.10 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
6 GPU Generation --
32 nm Technology
2 Max. displays
12 Compute units --
96 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
2 GB Max. GPU Memory --
10.1 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 3000 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
No Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 No
No Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Core i7-2649M supports a maximum of 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Silver 4116 can connect up to 768 GB of memory in 6 memory channels.

Intel Core i7-2649M Characteristic Intel Xeon Silver 4116
DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333 Memory DDR4-2400
8 GB Max. Memory 768 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 6 (Hexa Channel)
21.3 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 115.2 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache --
4.00 MB L3 Cache 16.00 MB
2.0 PCIe version 3.0
16 PCIe lanes 48
8.0 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 47.3 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Core i7-2649M has a TDP of 25 W, that of the Intel Xeon Silver 4116 is 85 W.

Intel Core i7-2649M Characteristic Intel Xeon Silver 4116
25 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 85 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Core i7-2649M has a 4.00 MB cache, while the Intel Xeon Silver 4116 cache has a total of 16.00 MB.

Intel Core i7-2649M Characteristic Intel Xeon Silver 4116
32 nm Technology 14 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
BGA 1023 Socket LGA 3647
VT-x, VT-x EPT Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q1/2011 Release date Q3/2017
270 $ Release price 1100 $
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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 Core i7-2649M Intel Core i7-2649M
2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon Silver 4116 Intel Xeon Silver 4116
12C 24T @ 3.00 GHz
856 (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 Core i7-2649M Intel Core i7-2649M
2C 4T @ 2.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon Silver 4116 Intel Xeon Silver 4116
12C 24T @ 2.60 GHz
8117 (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 Core i7-2649M Intel Core i7-2649M
2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon Silver 4116 Intel Xeon Silver 4116
12C 24T @ 3.00 GHz
1031 (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 Core i7-2649M Intel Core i7-2649M
2C 4T @ 2.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon Silver 4116 Intel Xeon Silver 4116
12C 24T @ 2.60 GHz
6538 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 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 Core i7-2649M Intel Core i7-2649M
2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon Silver 4116 Intel Xeon Silver 4116
12C 24T @ 3.00 GHz
284 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 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 Core i7-2649M Intel Core i7-2649M
2C 4T @ 2.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon Silver 4116 Intel Xeon Silver 4116
12C 24T @ 2.60 GHz
3520 (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 Core i7-2649M Intel Core i7-2649M
Intel HD Graphics 3000 @ 1.10 GHz
211 (100%)
Intel Xeon Silver 4116 Intel Xeon Silver 4116
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

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 Core i7-2649M Intel Core i7-2649M
2C 4T @ 2.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon Silver 4116 Intel Xeon Silver 4116
12C 24T @ 2.60 GHz
15157 (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 Core i7-2649M Intel Core i7-2649M
2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon Silver 4116 Intel Xeon Silver 4116
12C 24T @ 3.00 GHz
131 (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 Core i7-2649M Intel Core i7-2649M
2C 4T @ 2.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon Silver 4116 Intel Xeon Silver 4116
12C 24T @ 2.60 GHz
1722 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Core i7-2649M Intel Xeon Silver 4116
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