Xeon X7560 vs E7540

Place in the ranking	1052	1216
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Server
Power efficiency	5.89	3.72
Release date	1 January 2010 (14 years ago)	1 January 2010 (14 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon E7540 and Xeon X7560 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	6 (Hexa-Core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	12	16
Base clock speed	2 GHz	2.27 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.27 GHz	2.67 GHz
L3 cache	18 MB L3 Cache	24 MB L3 Cache
Chip lithography	45 nm	45 nm
Maximum core temperature	64 °C	no data
64 bit support	-	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E7540 and Xeon X7560 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.

Socket	FCLGA1567	FCBGA1567,FCLGA1567
Power consumption (TDP)	105 Watt	130 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E7540 and Xeon X7560. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	1.0	1.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+

Security technologies

Xeon E7540 and Xeon X7560 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E7540 and Xeon X7560 are enumerated here.

VT-x	+	+
EPT	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E7540 and Xeon X7560. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

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DDR3-800, DDR3-978, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, Speed-1066

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 E7540 6.53
+27.8%

Xeon X7560 5.11

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 E7540 10376
+27.9%

Xeon X7560 8110