Pentium E6500K vs Xeon L5240

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon L5240 and Pentium E6500K processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2561not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
Power efficiency1.98no data
Architecture codenameno dataWolfdale (2008−2010)
Release date1 April 2008 (16 years ago)9 August 2009 (15 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon L5240 and Pentium E6500K 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 coresno data2 (Dual-core)
Threadsno data2
Base clock speed3 GHz2.93 GHz
Boost clock speedno data0.93 GHz
L1 cacheno data64 KB (per core)
L2 cacheno data2 MB (shared)
L3 cache6 MB L2 Cache0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm45 nm
Die sizeno data82 mm2
Maximum core temperature56 °C74 °C
Number of transistorsno data228 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplier-+
VID voltage range0.85V-1.35V0.85V – 1.3625V

Compatibility

Information on Xeon L5240 and Pentium E6500K 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 configurationno data1
SocketLGA771LGA775
Power consumption (TDP)40 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon L5240 and Pentium E6500K. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Xeon L5240 and Pentium E6500K technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT--
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon L5240 and Pentium E6500K are enumerated here.

VT-dno data-
VT-x++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon L5240 and Pentium E6500K. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR1, DDR2, DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon L5240 and Pentium E6500K.

PCIe versionno data2.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 April 2008 9 August 2009
Power consumption (TDP) 40 Watt 65 Watt

Xeon L5240 has 62.5% lower power consumption.

Pentium E6500K, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year.

We couldn't decide between Xeon L5240 and Pentium E6500K. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon L5240 is a server/workstation processor while Pentium E6500K is a desktop one.


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