Xeon Gold 6240L vs W-2135

Primary details

Comparing Xeon W-2135 and Xeon Gold 6240L processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking833not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation7.15no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon WIntel Xeon Gold
Power efficiency6.15no data
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2019)Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date29 August 2017 (7 years ago)2 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$835$10,342

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon W-2135 and Xeon Gold 6240L 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 cores6 (Hexa-Core)18 (Octadeca-Core)
Threads1236
Base clock speed3.7 GHz2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed4.5 GHz3.9 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0DMI 3.0
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/s4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier3726
L1 cache384 KB1.125 MB
L2 cache6 MB18 MB
L3 cache8.25 MB (shared)24.75 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size484 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data85 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)64 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Xeon W-2135 and Xeon Gold 6240L 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)4 (Multiprocessor)
SocketFCLGA2066FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)140 Watt150 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon W-2135 and Xeon Gold 6240L. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift++
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access-no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE46 Bitno data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0--
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon W-2135 and Xeon Gold 6240L technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
Secure Key+no data
MPX+-
Identity Protection+-
SGX-no data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon W-2135 and Xeon Gold 6240L are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon W-2135 and Xeon Gold 6240L. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133, DDR4-2400, DDR4-2666DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size512 GB4.5 TB
Max memory channels46
Maximum memory bandwidth85.33 GB/s140.8 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon W-2135 and Xeon Gold 6240L.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4848

Pros & cons summary


Recency 29 August 2017 2 April 2019
Physical cores 6 18
Threads 12 36
Power consumption (TDP) 140 Watt 150 Watt

Xeon W-2135 has 7.1% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6240L, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 200% more physical cores and 200% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Xeon W-2135 and Xeon Gold 6240L. We've got no test results to judge.


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