Sempron 2200+ vs Xeon E5-2640

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2640 and Sempron 2200+ processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1419not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.75no data
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
Power efficiency3.94no data
Architecture codenameSandy Bridge-EP (2012)Barton (2001−2004)
Release date6 March 2012 (12 years ago)January 2001 (23 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$162$30

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2640 and Sempron 2200+ 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 cores6 (Hexa-Core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads121
Base clock speed2.5 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3 GHz1.5 GHz
Bus rate7.2 GT/sno data
L1 cache64 KB (per core)128 KB
L2 cache256 KB (per core)256 KB
L3 cache15360 KB (shared)0 KB
Chip lithography32 nm130 nm
Die size435 mm2101 mm2
Maximum core temperature73 °Cno data
Number of transistors2,270 million63 million
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2640 and Sempron 2200+ 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
SocketFCLGA2011A
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt62 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2640 and Sempron 2200+. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVXno data
AES-NI+-
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology1.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access-no data
Demand Based Switching+no data

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2640 and Sempron 2200+ technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2640 and Sempron 2200+ 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 and Sempron 2200+. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3no data
Maximum memory size384 GBno data
Max memory channels4no data
Maximum memory bandwidth42.6 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2640 and Sempron 2200+.

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 6294
+3321%
Sempron 2200+ 184

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 6 1
Threads 12 1
Chip lithography 32 nm 130 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 62 Watt

Xeon E5-2640 has 500% more physical cores and 1100% more threads, and a 306.3% more advanced lithography process.

Sempron 2200+, on the other hand, has 53.2% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon E5-2640 and Sempron 2200+. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon E5-2640 is a server/workstation processor while Sempron 2200+ is a desktop one.


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