Xeon e5 2640 specs: Intel Xeon E5-2640 Specs | TechPowerUp CPU Database

5 марта, 2023

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Xeon E5-2640

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Summary

Intel started Intel Xeon E5-2640 sales 6 March 2012 at a recommended price of $162. This is a Sandy Bridge-EP architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 6 cores and 12 threads, and is based on 32 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 3000 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is FCLGA2011 processor with a TDP of 95 Watt. It supports DDR3 memory.

It provides poor benchmark performance at


5.07%

of a leader’s which is AMD EPYC 9654.


EPYC
9654


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General info


Xeon E5-2640 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in performance rating 1096
Value for money 4.52
Market segment Server
Architecture codename Sandy Bridge-EP (2012)
Release date 6 March 2012 (10 years old)
Launch price (MSRP) $162 of 305 (Core i7-870)
Current price $15.93 (0.1x MSRP) of 25332 (Xeon Platinum 8276L)

Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Technical specs


Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores 6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads 12
Base clock speed 2.5 GHz of 4.7 (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed 3 GHz of 6 (Core i9-13900KS)
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) of 7475.2 (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core)
L2 cache 256 KB (per core) of 36864 (Apple M2 Max)
L3 cache 15360 KB (shared) of 786432 (EPYC 7373X)
Chip lithography 32 nm of 4 (Ryzen 9 7940HS)
Die size 435 mm2
Maximum core temperature 73 °C of 110 (Atom x7-E3950)
Number of transistors 2,270 million of 9900000 (Ryzen 5 7645HX)
64 bit support +
Windows 11 compatibility —
Unlocked multiplier —

Compatibility


Information on Xeon E5-2640 compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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 2 of 8 (Opteron 842)
Socket FCLGA2011
Thermal design power (TDP) 95 Watt of 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282)

Technologies and extensions


Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2640. You’ll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions Intel® AVX
AES-NI +
AVX +
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) +
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) +
Turbo Boost Technology 1. 0
Hyper-Threading Technology +
Idle States +
Thermal Monitoring +
Flex Memory Access —
Demand Based Switching +

Security technologies


Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT +
EDB +
Identity Protection —

Virtualization technologies


Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

VT-d +
VT-x +
EPT +

Memory specs


Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2640’s memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory types DDR3 of 5600 (Ryzen 9 7940HS)
Maximum memory size 384 GB of 786 (Xeon E5-2670 v3)
Max memory channels 4 of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)
Maximum memory bandwidth 42.6 GB/s of 281.6 (Xeon Platinum 9221)
ECC memory support +

Peripherals


Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version 3.0 of 5 (Core i9-12900K)
PCI Express lanes 40 of 128 (EPYC 7551P)

Benchmark performance


Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Xeon E5-2640. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

Overall 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 E5-2640
5.07

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  • GeekBench 5 Single-Core

  • GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

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.

Benchmark coverage: 67%


Xeon E5-2640
6289

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.

Benchmark coverage: 37%


Xeon E5-2640
558

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.

Benchmark coverage: 37%


Xeon E5-2640
3360

Relative perfomance


Overall Xeon E5-2640 performance compared to nearest competitors among server CPUs.


Intel Xeon E5-2420 v2
100.59


Intel Xeon E3-1225 v6
100.39


Intel Xeon E5-4617
100


Intel Xeon E5-2640
100


Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2
99. 61


AMD Opteron 6276
99.21


Intel Xeon D-1622
98.62

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Recommended GPUs

People consider these graphics cards to be good for Xeon E5-2640, according to our PC configuration statistics.


GeForce GTX
1060 3 GB

7.1%


GeForce GTX
1050 Ti

7.1%


Radeon RX
570

6.2%


Radeon RX
470

5.4%


Radeon RX
580

4.9%


GeForce GTX
750 Ti

4.6%


GeForce GTX
1060 6 GB

3.3%


GeForce GTX
960

3. 3%


Radeon RX
550

2.9%


GeForce GT
1030

2.4%

These are the fastest graphics cards for Xeon E5-2640 in our user configuration statistics.

There is a total of 8508 configurations based on Xeon E5-2640 in our database.


GeForce RTX
4090

0.1% (11/8508)


GeForce RTX
3090 Ti

0.1% (12/8508)


GeForce RTX
3080 Ti

0.1% (10/8508)


GeForce RTX
3090

0. 2% (16/8508)


Radeon RX
6900 XT

0.1% (12/8508)


GeForce RTX
3080

0.04% (3/8508)


GeForce RTX
3070 Ti

0.02% (2/8508)


GeForce RTX
3070

0.04% (3/8508)


GeForce RTX
2080 Ti

0.04% (3/8508)


GeForce RTX
3060 Ti

0.04% (3/8508)

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Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3 Specs & Speed

Product Xeon E5-2640 v3
Brand Intel
Street Price (Approx) ~ $939
Search low Xeon E5-2640 v3 price (Amazon)
# CPU Cores 8
Frequency (GHz) 2.6 GHz
Cache (MB) 20
TDP (Watts) 90 W
Product Segment Server
Status Released
Announced On 2014-06-01
Technicals Xeon E5-2640 v3
Dimensions (2D) 52. 5×52.5 mm
Conflict Free? 1
# CPU Cores 8
Threads/Core 16
Frequency (GHz) 2.6 GHz
Turbo Frequency (GHz) 3.4 GHz
Cache (MB) 20
Instructions Width (bits) 64
Instructions Extensions AVX 2.0
Lithography Process (nm) 22 nm
TDP (Watts) 90 W
Max RAM 768 GB
RAM Types DDR4 1600/1866
# Memory Channels 4
Memory Bandwidth (GB/Sec) 59GB/s
Max CPU / Package 2
GPU None
PCI-E Version 3
PCI-E Max Lanes # 40
Compatible Sockets FCLGA2011-3
Intel Turbo Boost Version 2
Intel V-Pro Yes
Intel Hyper-Thread Yes
Intel Virtualization (VTX) Yes
Intel Directed I/O (VTD) Yes
Intel Ext. Page Tables (EPT) Yes
Intel TSX Sync. Extensions No
Intel 64 Yes
Idle States Yes
Enhanced Speedstep Yes
Thermal MonitoringTech. Yes
Flex Memory No
Intel ID Protect No
Intel AES New Instructions Yes
Intel Secure Key Yes
Intel OS Guard Yes
Trusted Execution Yes
Execution Disable Yes

 

Xeon E5-2640 v3 Benchmarks

Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3 Specs & Speed Benchmarks

Geekbench 4 Multi

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Geekbench 4 Single

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Memory Bandwidth (GB/Sec)

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Geekbench 4 Multi / Price (Market)

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90,000 characteristics, review, acceleration, tests in games, purchase and prices

Content

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  • 3 Cooling 9000 The Xeon E5 2640 is a six-core processor based on the Sandy Bridge architecture, stands out among the nearest models with a higher frequency, and at the same time has a fairly attractive price, which has earned it popularity.

    Considered one of the best budget gaming gems for the 2011 socket in 2017-18. Currently, little is relevant due to the presence of inexpensive more powerful models: Xeon E5 2667 and Xeon E5 2689.

    Characteristics

    XEON E5 2640
    Tech Processes

    		32 NM N.
    Cores 6
    Threads 12
    Basic frequency 2500 MHZ
    The maximum frequency in TURBO BOOST 3000 MHZ (1 — 2 nuclei)
    2900 MHZ (3 — 4 nuclei)
    2800 MHZ (5 — 6 nuclei)
    Supported technologies MMX instructions SSE / Streaming SIMD Extensions SSE2 / Streaming SIMD Extensions 2 SSE3 / Streaming SIMD Extensions 3 SSSE3 / Supplemental Streaming SIMD Extensions 3 SSE4 / SSE4.1 + SSE4.2 / Streaming SIMD Extensions 4 AES / Advanced Encryption Standard instructions AVX / Advanced Vector Extensions EM64T / Extended Memory 64 technology / Intel 64 HT / Hyper-Threading technology VT-x / Virtualization technology VT-d / Virtualization for directed I/O TBT 2. 0 / Turbo Boost technology 2.0 NX / XD / Execute disable bit TXT / Trusted Execution technology Enhanced SpeedStep technology 9Max. The temperature of the processor cover is 77 C
    Multiple 25
    Approximate cost $ 6 — $ 12

    9000

    . Since the processor of the processor is cut, it is not worth it. Having a motherboard with a server chipset, you can try to slightly overclock the Xeon e5 2640. You will need the setFSB program and a small instruction for this.

    If you’re lucky, you can get a stable 3.0 GHz on all cores

    Cooling

    The processor doesn’t make any special demands on the cooling system, in normal use you can limit yourself to a simple horizontal cooler with a copper heel. Nevertheless, if long-term high loads are planned, it is still better to give preference to inexpensive tower coolers. Models with 2-3 heat pipes will be enough to keep the temperature far from critical. More powerful cooling systems can be taken if you plan to upgrade to hotter CPUs in the future.

    Verified models of coolers

    2 Heating pipes:

    • Aerocool Air Frost 2
    • Cooler Master Hyper T200

    3 Heating networks:

      • 9000 :

        • ID-Cooling SE-224-XT
        • PCCOler GI-X4S
        • Deepcool Gammax S40
        • Zalman CNPS10X OPTIMA II

          • of models available on ALIEXPRESS, it is considered a good option for SNEXPRESS , costing almost the same.

          Performance and benchmarks

          cinebench r15 results

          cpu-z benchmark

          Xeon E5 2640 can be considered the most budget processor in the line, suitable for games. Due to not the lowest frequency, in many games the stone bypasses the eight-core xeon e5 2650 and 2660.

          . In more modern projects, performance is far from enough everywhere, the clock frequency is not too high.

          Revisions

          There are as many as 6 revisions of this model, and 2 of them are final, although they belong to different steppings. Determining the version is easy — just look at the code engraved on the cover.

          QARF (C2)

          QARF ()

          QARF () )

          Engineering or qualification (Stepping) Final (Stepping)
          QB7W (C0) QBUC (C2) SR0KR (C2)

          C0 and C1 stepping models do not support VT-d virtualization and Trusted Execution Technology.

          Where to buy

          As usual, on aliexpress. Verified sellers:

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          There are also processor + motherboard + memory kits on sale. There are a lot of options, you can select quite budget builds on dual-channel X79v2.