Xeon E3-1240L v5: specs and benchmarks

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Xeon E3-1240L v5
2015
4 cores / 8 threads, 25 Watt
4.10

Xeon E3-1240L v5 provides poor benchmark performance at 4.10% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.

Summary

Intel started Xeon E3-1240L v5 sales 19 October 2015 at a recommended price of $278. This is a Skylake-DT architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 4 cores and 8 threads, and is based on 14 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 3200 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is FCLGA1151 processor with a TDP of 25 Watt. It supports DDR4-1866/2133, DDR3L-1333/1600 memory.

Primary details

Xeon E3-1240L v5 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in the ranking1407
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.46
Market segmentServer
SeriesIntel Xeon E3
Power efficiency15.52of 100.00 (Ryzen Z1 Extreme)
Architecture codenameSkylake-DT (2015)
Release date19 October 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$278of 17,906 (Xeon Platinum 8280L)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores4 (Quad-Core)
Threads8
Base clock speed2.1 GHzof 4.7 GHz (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed3.2 GHzof 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS)
Bus typeDMI 3.0
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier21of 42 (Core i7-7700K)
L1 cache64 KB (per core)of 80 KB (EPYC 9965)
L2 cache256 KB (per core)
L3 cache8 MB (shared)of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X)
Chip lithography14 nmof 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Die size122 mm2
Number of transistors1,750 millionof 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X)
64 bit support+
Windows 11 compatibility-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3-1240L v5 compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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)of 8 (Opteron 842)
SocketFCLGA1151
Power consumption (TDP)25 Wattof 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P)

Technologies and extensions

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

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI+
AVX+
vPro+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+
Turbo Boost Technology2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology+
TSX+
Idle States+
Thermal Monitoring+

Security technologies

Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

VT-d+
VT-x+
EPT+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Xeon E3-1240L v5's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-1866/2133, DDR3L-1333/1600
Maximum memory size64 GBof 6 TiB (EPYC 9124)
Max memory channels2of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)
Maximum memory bandwidth34.134 GB/sof 460.8 GB/s (EPYC 9124)
ECC memory support+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of a GPU integrated into Xeon E3-1240L v5.

Integrated graphics cardN/A
Clear Video-
Clear Video HD-
InTru 3D-

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Xeon E3-1240L v5's integrated GPU, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support-
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4N/A
Max resolution over eDPN/A
Max resolution over DisplayPortN/A
Max resolution over VGAN/A

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon E3-1240L v5's integrated GPU, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXN/A
OpenGLN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version3.0of 5.0 (Core i9-12900K)
PCI Express lanes16of 128 (EPYC 7551P)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Xeon E3-1240L v5. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


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.

Xeon E3-1240L v5 4.10

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Xeon E3-1240L v5 6511

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Xeon E3-1240L v5 1103

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Xeon E3-1240L v5 3524

Gaming performance

Closest competitors

Xeon E3-1240L v5's performance relative to its closest rivals among server CPUs.


Xeon E7340 100.49
Xeon E3-1240L v5 100
Xeon E7330 99.76
Xeon E5-4610 99.27

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Xeon E3-1240L v5 is Opteron 6282 SE, which is slower by 2% and lower by 16 positions in our ranking.

Here are some closest AMD rivals to Xeon E3-1240L v5:

Opteron 6348 120.49
Opteron 6380 102.68
Xeon E3-1240L v5 100
Opteron 6276 97.56
Opteron 6344 93.17

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Recommended GPUs

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