Pentium 8500 vs Xeon E3-1240

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E3-1240 and Pentium 8500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1551not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.09no data
Market segmentServerLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Alder Lake-M
Power efficiency4.02no data
Architecture codenameSandy Bridge (2011−2013)Alder Lake-U (2022)
Release date3 April 2011 (13 years ago)23 February 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$209no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E3-1240 and Pentium 8500 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)5 (Penta-Core)
Threads86
Base clock speed3.3 GHz1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz4.4 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)80K (per core)
L2 cache256 KB (per core)1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache8 MB (shared)8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size216 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature69 °C100 °C
Number of transistors1,160 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3-1240 and Pentium 8500 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 configuration11
SocketLGA1155Intel BGA 1781
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt9 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1240 and Pentium 8500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVXIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX-+
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Access+-
Demand Based Switching+no data
FDI-no data
Fast Memory Access+no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon E3-1240 and Pentium 8500 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB+no data
Secure Keyno data+
Identity Protection+-
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E3-1240 and Pentium 8500 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E3-1240 and Pentium 8500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4, DDR5
Maximum memory size32 GB64 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth21 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel® UHD Graphics for 12th Gen Intel® Processors
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data800 MHz
Execution Unitsno data48

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon E3-1240 and Pentium 8500 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Xeon E3-1240 and Pentium 8500 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2304 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096 x 2304 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon E3-1240 and Pentium 8500 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12.1
OpenGLno data4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3-1240 and Pentium 8500.

PCIe version2.04.0
PCI Express lanes2014

Pros & cons summary


Recency 3 April 2011 23 February 2022
Physical cores 4 5
Threads 8 6
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 9 Watt

Xeon E3-1240 has 33.3% more threads.

Pentium 8500, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 years, 25% more physical cores, and 788.9% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon E3-1240 and Pentium 8500. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon E3-1240 is a server/workstation processor while Pentium 8500 is a notebook one.


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