Xeon Gold 6150 vs E5540

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon E5540
2009
4 cores / 8 threads, 80 Watt
1.75
Xeon Gold 6150
2017
18 cores / 36 threads, 165 Watt
17.28
+887%

Xeon Gold 6150 outperforms Xeon E5540 by a whopping 887% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5540 and Xeon Gold 6150 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2023363
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.644.47
Market segmentServerServer
Seriesno dataIntel Xeon Gold
Power efficiency2.079.91
Architecture codenameGainestown (2009−2010)Skylake (server) (2017−2018)
Release date30 March 2009 (15 years ago)25 April 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$30$3,358

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Gold 6150 has 598% better value for money than Xeon E5540.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5540 and Xeon Gold 6150 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)18 (Octadeca-Core)
Threads836
Base clock speed2.53 GHz2.7 GHz
Boost clock speed2.8 GHz3.7 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data27
L1 cache64 KB (per core)1.125 MB
L2 cache256 KB (per core)18 MB
L3 cache8 MB (shared)24.75 MB
Chip lithography45 nm14 nm
Die size263 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature76 °C89 °C
Number of transistors731 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5540 and Xeon Gold 6150 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 configuration24 (Multiprocessor)
SocketFCLGA1366FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt165 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5540 and Xeon Gold 6150. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology1.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX-+
Idle States+no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE40 Bitno data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-

Security technologies

Xeon E5540 and Xeon Gold 6150 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5540 and Xeon Gold 6150 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5540 and Xeon Gold 6150. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size144 GB768 GB
Max memory channels36
Maximum memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s128.001 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardN/Ano data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5540 and Xeon Gold 6150.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanesno data48

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 E5540 1.75
Xeon Gold 6150 17.28
+887%

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 E5540 2783
Xeon Gold 6150 27446
+886%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Xeon E5540 376
Xeon Gold 6150 1188
+216%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Xeon E5540 1376
Xeon Gold 6150 10085
+633%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.75 17.28
Recency 30 March 2009 25 April 2017
Physical cores 4 18
Threads 8 36
Chip lithography 45 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 165 Watt

Xeon E5540 has 106.3% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6150, on the other hand, has a 887.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, 350% more physical cores and 350% more threads, and a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.

The Xeon Gold 6150 is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon E5540 in performance tests.


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