Xeon E6540 vs E5-2697 v4

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2697 v4 and Xeon E6540 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking576not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.70no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon E5no data
Power efficiency8.58no data
Architecture codenameBroadwell (2015−2019)no data
Release date20 June 2016 (8 years ago)1 January 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$2,702no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2697 v4 and Xeon E6540 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 cores18 (Octadeca-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads3612
Base clock speed2.3 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.6 GHz2.27 GHz
Bus typeQPIno data
Bus rate2 × 9.6 GT/sno data
Multiplier23no data
L2 cache4.5 MBno data
L3 cache45 MB18 MB L3 Cache
Chip lithography14 nm45 nm
Die size456.12 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature79 °Cno data
Number of transistors7200 Millionno data
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2697 v4 and Xeon E6540 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)no data
SocketFCLGA2011FCLGA1567
Power consumption (TDP)145 Watt105 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2697 v4 and Xeon E6540. 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)++
Turbo Boost Technology2.01.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX+-
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access-no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE46 Bitno data

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2697 v4 and Xeon E6540 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 E5-2697 v4 and Xeon E6540 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2697 v4 and Xeon E6540. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133, DDR4-2400no data
Maximum memory size1.5 TBno data
Max memory channels4no data
Maximum memory bandwidth76.8 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2697 v4 and Xeon E6540.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes40no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 20 June 2016 1 January 2010
Physical cores 18 6
Threads 36 12
Chip lithography 14 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 145 Watt 105 Watt

Xeon E5-2697 v4 has an age advantage of 6 years, 200% more physical cores and 200% more threads, and a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.

Xeon E6540, on the other hand, has 38.1% lower power consumption.

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