A6-7480 vs Xeon E5440

Place in the ranking	2143	2369
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Desktop processor
Power efficiency	1.77	2.44
Architecture codename	no data	Carrizo (2015−2018)
Release date	1 January 2008 (16 years ago)	26 October 2018 (6 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5440 and A6-7480 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 cores	no data	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	no data	2
Base clock speed	2.83 GHz	3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed	no data	3.8 GHz
L1 cache	no data	160K
L2 cache	no data	1 MB (shared)
L3 cache	12 MB L2 Cache	no data
Chip lithography	45 nm	28 nm
Die size	no data	250 mm²
Maximum core temperature	67 °C	no data
Number of transistors	no data	3,100 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data
VID voltage range	0.85V-1.35V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5440 and A6-7480 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 configuration	no data	1
Socket	LGA771	FM2+
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5440 and A6-7480. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	-	+
FMA	-	+
AVX	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
FSB parity	+	no data

Security technologies

Xeon E5440 and A6-7480 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 E5440 and A6-7480 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-x	+	no data
EPT	-	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5440 and A6-7480. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

no data

DDR3-2133

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

Radeon R5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5440 and A6-7480.

PCIe version

no data

3.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Xeon E5440 1.50
+29.3%

A6-7480 1.16

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 E5440 2381
+29.6%

A6-7480 1837