I understand TDP doesn't fully relate to power usage, and that idle power is what really matters.
So I'm wondering if the L variants of E5 Xeons are worth the money or not if I'm looking at minimizing power consumption (and noise)?
For context, an E5-2630v4 has a TDP of 85W for 10 cores while an E5-2630Lv4 has a TDP of 55W for 14 cores. But the 2630 costs 25$ while the 2630L is 60$.
Will I ever make the price difference with power savings or is it not worth it if you're not pegging the CPU at 100% load 24/7?
So I'm wondering if the L variants of E5 Xeons are worth the money or not if I'm looking at minimizing power consumption (and noise)?
For context, an E5-2630v4 has a TDP of 85W for 10 cores while an E5-2630Lv4 has a TDP of 55W for 14 cores. But the 2630 costs 25$ while the 2630L is 60$.
Will I ever make the price difference with power savings or is it not worth it if you're not pegging the CPU at 100% load 24/7?