Xeon Gold 6240L vs E3-1230 v3

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E3-1230 v3 and Xeon Gold 6240L processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1354not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.00no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesXeon (Desktop)Intel Xeon Gold
Power efficiency5.07no data
Architecture codenameHaswell-WS (2013−2014)Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date2 June 2013 (11 years ago)2 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$240$10,342

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E3-1230 v3 and Xeon Gold 6240L 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)18 (Octadeca-Core)
Threads836
Base clock speed3.3 GHz2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz3.9 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rate5 GT/s4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data26
L1 cache64 KB (per core)1.125 MB
L2 cache256K (per core)18 MB
L3 cache8 MB (shared)24.75 MB
Chip lithography22 nm14 nm
Die size160 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data85 °C
Number of transistors1,400 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3-1230 v3 and Xeon Gold 6240L 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 configuration14 (Multiprocessor)
SocketFCLGA1150FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt150 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1230 v3 and Xeon Gold 6240L. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access+no data
SIPP+-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
Fast Memory Access+no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon E3-1230 v3 and Xeon Gold 6240L technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
Secure Key+no data
Identity Protection+-
OS Guard+no data
Anti-Theft+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E3-1230 v3 and Xeon Gold 6240L are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E3-1230 v3 and Xeon Gold 6240L. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size32 GB4.5 TB
Max memory channels26
Maximum memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s140.8 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3-1230 v3 and Xeon Gold 6240L.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes1648

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 June 2013 2 April 2019
Physical cores 4 18
Threads 8 36
Chip lithography 22 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 150 Watt

Xeon E3-1230 v3 has 87.5% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6240L, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, 350% more physical cores and 350% more threads, and a 57.1% more advanced lithography process.

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