Xeon E-2234 vs i5-7640K

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated1295
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data6.14
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Seriesno dataIntel Xeon E
Power efficiencyno data3.21
DesignerIntelIntel
Manufacturerno dataIntel
Architecture codenameKaby Lake-X (2017)Coffee Lake-S WS (2018−2019)
Release dateno data29 May 2019 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$250

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

Core i5-7640K and Xeon E-2234 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threadsno data8
Base clock speedno data3.6 GHz
Boost clock speed3.9 GHz4.8 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data36
L1 cache64 KB (per core)64 KB (per core)
L2 cache256 KB (per core)256 KB (per core)
L3 cache6144 KB (shared)8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die sizeno data126 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)72 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-7640K and Xeon E-2234 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 configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
Socket1151FCLGA1151
Power consumption (TDP)112 Watt71 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-7640K and Xeon E-2234. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+

Security technologies

Core i5-7640K and Xeon E-2234 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
MPX-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i5-7640K and Xeon E-2234 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i5-7640K and Xeon E-2234. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4-2666
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data42.671 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel UHD Graphics P630

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i5-7640K and Xeon E-2234 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no dataN/A
Max resolution over eDPno dataN/A
Max resolution over DisplayPortno dataN/A
Max resolution over VGAno dataN/A

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core i5-7640K and Xeon E-2234 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno dataN/A
OpenGLno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i5-7640K and Xeon E-2234.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

Pros & cons summary


Power consumption (TDP) 112 Watt 71 Watt

Xeon E-2234 has 57.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Intel Core i5-7640K and Intel Xeon E-2234. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Core i5-7640K is a desktop processor while Xeon E-2234 is a server/workstation one.

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