Xeon E3-1240 v5 vs E-2134

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E-2134 and Xeon E3-1240 v5 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1108	1185
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	18.16	3.82
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon E	Intel Xeon E3
Power efficiency	7.78	6.15
Architecture codename	Coffee Lake-S WS (2018−2019)	Skylake-DT (2015)
Release date	12 July 2018 (6 years ago)	19 October 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$256	$282

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon E-2134 has 375% better value for money than Xeon E3-1240 v5.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E-2134 and Xeon E3-1240 v5 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	4 (Quad-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	8	8
Base clock speed	3.5 GHz	3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.5 GHz	3.9 GHz
Bus type	DMI 3.0	DMI 3.0
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier	no data	35
L1 cache	256 KB	256 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	1 MB
L3 cache	8 MB (shared)	8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Die size	126 mm2	122 mm2
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
Number of transistors	no data	1,750 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E-2134 and Xeon E3-1240 v5 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1 (Uniprocessor)	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA1151	FCLGA1151,FCLGA2011
Power consumption (TDP)	71 Watt	80 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E-2134 and Xeon E3-1240 v5. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	+	+
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+

Security technologies

Xeon E-2134 and Xeon E3-1240 v5 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	+	+
MPX	+	+
SGX	Yes with Intel® ME	Yes with both Intel® SPS and Intel® ME
OS Guard	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E-2134 and Xeon E3-1240 v5 are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	+
VT-x	+	+
EPT	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E-2134 and Xeon E3-1240 v5. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2666	DDR4-1866/2133, DDR3L-1333/1600
Maximum memory size	128 GB	64 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	42.671 GB/s	34.134 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

Intel UHD Graphics P630

N/A

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Xeon E-2134 and Xeon E3-1240 v5 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	no data	N/A
Max resolution over eDP	no data	N/A
Max resolution over DisplayPort	no data	N/A
Max resolution over VGA	no data	N/A

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon E-2134 and Xeon E3-1240 v5 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	no data	N/A
OpenGL	no data	N/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E-2134 and Xeon E3-1240 v5.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	16	16

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	6.03	5.37
Recency	12 July 2018	19 October 2015
Power consumption (TDP)	71 Watt	80 Watt

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