Atom Z2460 vs Xeon E5-2640 v3

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2640 v3 and Atom Z2460 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1000	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Power efficiency	7.36	no data
Architecture codename	Haswell-EP (2014−2015)	Penwell (2012−2013)
Release date	8 September 2014 (10 years ago)	1 January 2012 (12 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2640 v3 and Atom Z2460 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	8 (Octa-Core)	1 (Single-Core)
Threads	16	2
Base clock speed	2.6 GHz	1.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.4 GHz	1.6 GHz
Bus rate	8 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	64K (per core)	64K (per core)
L2 cache	256K (per core)	512K (per core)
L3 cache	20 MB (shared)	0 KB
Chip lithography	22 nm	32 nm
Die size	356 mm2	65 mm2
Maximum core temperature	74 °C	90 °C
Number of transistors	2,600 million	140 million
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2640 v3 and Atom Z2460 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	2	1
Socket	FCLGA2011	FC-MB4617
Power consumption (TDP)	90 Watt	3 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2640 v3 and Atom Z2460. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX2	Intel® SSE, Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3
AES-NI	+	-
AVX	+	-
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Flex Memory Access	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
PAE	46 Bit	32 Bit
GPIO	no data	152

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2640 v3 and Atom Z2460 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	+	no data
OS Guard	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2640 v3 and Atom Z2460 are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	no data
EPT	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2640 v3 and Atom Z2460. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866	DDR2
Maximum memory size	768 GB	2 GB
Max memory channels	4	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	59 GB/s	6.4 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

PowerVR SGX540 (400 MHz)

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon E5-2640 v3 and Atom Z2460 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	no data	2
HDMI	-	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2640 v3 and Atom Z2460.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	40	no data
USB revision	no data	2.0 OTG
Number of USB ports	no data	1
UART	no data	3

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	8 September 2014	1 January 2012
Physical cores	8	1
Threads	16	2
Chip lithography	22 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	90 Watt	3 Watt

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