Sempron X2 240 vs Xeon E5-2640 v4

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2640 v4 and Sempron X2 240 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking955not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.76no data
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Xeon E5no data
Power efficiency8.28no data
Architecture codenameBroadwell (2015−2019)Trinity (2012−2013)
Release date20 June 2016 (8 years ago)2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$939no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2640 v4 and Sempron X2 240 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 cores10 (Deca-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads202
Base clock speed2.4 GHz2.9 GHz
Boost clock speed3.4 GHz3.3 GHz
Bus typeQPIno data
Bus rate2 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier24no data
L1 cacheno data96K
L2 cache2.5 MB1 MB (shared)
L3 cache25 MBno data
Chip lithography14 nm32 nm
Die size246.24 mm2246 mm2
Maximum core temperature76 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data74 °C
Number of transistors3200 Million1,303 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2640 v4 and Sempron X2 240 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 configuration2 (Multiprocessor)1
SocketFCLGA2011FM2
Power consumption (TDP)90 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2640 v4 and Sempron X2 240. 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
TSX+-
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access-no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE46 Bitno data

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2640 v4 and Sempron X2 240 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 v4 and Sempron X2 240 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 v4 and Sempron X2 240. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133DDR3-1600
Maximum memory size1.5 TBno data
Max memory channels4no data
Maximum memory bandwidth68.3 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2640 v4 and Sempron X2 240.

PCIe version3.02.0
PCI Express lanes40no data

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 10 2
Threads 20 2
Chip lithography 14 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 90 Watt 65 Watt

Xeon E5-2640 v4 has 400% more physical cores and 900% more threads, and a 128.6% more advanced lithography process.

Sempron X2 240, on the other hand, has 38.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon E5-2640 v4 and Sempron X2 240. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon E5-2640 v4 is a server/workstation processor while Sempron X2 240 is a desktop one.


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