FX PRO-8800P vs Xeon E5-2640 v3

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2640 v3 and FX PRO-8800P processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking996not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerLaptop
Power efficiency7.37no data
Architecture codenameHaswell-EP (2014−2015)Carrizo (2015−2018)
Release date8 September 2014 (10 years ago)2 June 2015 (9 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2640 v3 and FX PRO-8800P 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads164
Base clock speed2.6 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.4 GHz3.4 GHz
Bus rate8 GT/sno data
L1 cache64K (per core)320 KB
L2 cache256K (per core)1 MB (per module)
L3 cache20 MB (shared)no data
Chip lithography22 nm28 nm
Die size356 mm2250 mm2
Maximum core temperature74 °Cno data
Number of transistors2,600 million3,100 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2640 v3 and FX PRO-8800P 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 configuration21
SocketFCLGA2011FP4
Power consumption (TDP)90 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2640 v3 and FX PRO-8800P. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVX2no data
AES-NI++
FMA-+
AVX++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access-no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE46 Bitno data

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2640 v3 and FX PRO-8800P technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2640 v3 and FX PRO-8800P are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
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 FX PRO-8800P. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-1600, DDR4-1866DDR3
Maximum memory size768 GBno data
Max memory channels4no data
Maximum memory bandwidth59 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataRadeon R7 8CU

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2640 v3 and FX PRO-8800P.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes408

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 September 2014 2 June 2015
Physical cores 8 4
Threads 16 4
Chip lithography 22 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 90 Watt 15 Watt

Xeon E5-2640 v3 has 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 27.3% more advanced lithography process.

FX PRO-8800P, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 months, and 500% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon E5-2640 v3 and FX PRO-8800P. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon E5-2640 v3 is a server/workstation processor while FX PRO-8800P is a notebook one.


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