Pentium 4 2.4 GHz vs Xeon E5-2640 v3

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2640 v3 and Pentium 4 2.4 GHz processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking992not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
Seriesno dataPentium 4
Power efficiency7.37no data
Architecture codenameHaswell-EP (2014−2015)Northwood (2002−2004)
Release date8 September 2014 (10 years ago)no data (2024 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2640 v3 and Pentium 4 2.4 GHz 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)1 (Single-Core)
Threads161
Base clock speed2.6 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3.4 GHz2.4 GHz
Bus rate8 GT/s400 MHz
L1 cache64K (per core)no data
L2 cache256K (per core)no data
L3 cache20 MB (shared)no data
Chip lithography22 nm130 nm
Die size356 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature74 °Cno data
Number of transistors2,600 millionno data
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2640 v3 and Pentium 4 2.4 GHz 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 configuration2no data
SocketFCLGA2011no data
Power consumption (TDP)90 Watt59.8 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2640 v3 and Pentium 4 2.4 GHz. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVX2no data
AES-NI+-
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 Pentium 4 2.4 GHz 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 Pentium 4 2.4 GHz 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 Pentium 4 2.4 GHz. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-1600, DDR4-1866no data
Maximum memory size768 GBno data
Max memory channels4no data
Maximum memory bandwidth59 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2640 v3 and Pentium 4 2.4 GHz.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes40no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.



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 E5-2640 v3 11120
+8389%
Pentium 4 2.4 GHz 131

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 8 1
Threads 16 1
Chip lithography 22 nm 130 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 90 Watt 59 Watt

Xeon E5-2640 v3 has 700% more physical cores and 1500% more threads, and a 490.9% more advanced lithography process.

Pentium 4 2.4 GHz, on the other hand, has 52.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon E5-2640 v3 and Pentium 4 2.4 GHz. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon E5-2640 v3 is a server/workstation processor while Pentium 4 2.4 GHz is a desktop one.


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