Xeon Platinum 8158 vs E3-1240 v5

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E3-1240 v5 and Xeon Platinum 8158 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1189not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.95no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon E3Intel Xeon Platinum
Power efficiency6.15no data
Architecture codenameSkylake-DT (2015)Skylake (server) (2017−2018)
Release date19 October 2015 (9 years ago)25 April 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$282$7,007

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E3-1240 v5 and Xeon Platinum 8158 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)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads824
Base clock speed3.5 GHz3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.9 GHz3.7 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier3530
L1 cache64 KB (per core)768 KB
L2 cache256 KB (per core)12 MB
L3 cache8 MB (shared)24.75 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size122 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data85 °C
Number of transistors1,750 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3-1240 v5 and Xeon Platinum 8158 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)8 (Multiprocessor)
SocketFCLGA1151,FCLGA2011FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt150 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1240 v5 and Xeon Platinum 8158. 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+-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-

Security technologies

Xeon E3-1240 v5 and Xeon Platinum 8158 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
Secure Key+no data
MPX+-
SGXYes with both Intel® SPS and Intel® MEno data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E3-1240 v5 and Xeon Platinum 8158 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E3-1240 v5 and Xeon Platinum 8158. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-1866/2133, DDR3L-1333/1600DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size64 GB768 GB
Max memory channels26
Maximum memory bandwidth34.134 GB/s128.001 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardN/Ano data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Xeon E3-1240 v5 and Xeon Platinum 8158 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4N/Ano data
Max resolution over eDPN/Ano data
Max resolution over DisplayPortN/Ano data
Max resolution over VGAN/Ano data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon E3-1240 v5 and Xeon Platinum 8158 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXN/Ano data
OpenGLN/Ano data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3-1240 v5 and Xeon Platinum 8158.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes1648

Pros & cons summary


Recency 19 October 2015 25 April 2017
Physical cores 4 12
Threads 8 24
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 150 Watt

Xeon E3-1240 v5 has 87.5% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 8158, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 200% more physical cores and 200% more threads.

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