Intel Atom S1240: specs and benchmarks
Summary
Intel started Atom S1240 sales 11 December 2012. This is a Centerton architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at professional systems. It has 2 cores and 4 threads, and is based on 32 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 1600 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is FCBGA1283 processor with a TDP of 6.1 Watt. It supports DDR3 memory.
Primary details
Atom S1240 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Server | |
| Architecture codename | Centerton (2012) | |
| Release date | 11 December 2012 (12 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
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 | 2 (Dual-core) | |
| Threads | 4 | |
| Base clock speed | 1.6 GHz | of 4.7 GHz (FX-9590) |
| Boost clock speed | 1.6 GHz | of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS) |
| L1 cache | 56 KB (per core) | of 80 KB (EPYC 9965) |
| L2 cache | 512 KB (per core) | of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X) |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | of 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - |
Compatibility
Information on Atom S1240 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 | 1 | of 8 (Opteron 842) |
| Socket | FCBGA1283 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 6.1 Watt | of 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Atom S1240. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
| VT-x | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Atom S1240's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | |
| Maximum memory size | 8 GB | of 6 TiB (EPYC 9124) |
| Max memory channels | 1 | of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221) |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 10.6 GB/s | of 460.8 GB/s (EPYC 9124) |
| ECC memory support | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | of 5.0 (Core i9-12900K) |
| PCI Express lanes | 8 | of 128 (EPYC 7551P) |
| PCI support | PCI Support | |
| UART | UART |
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