Xeon Gold 5215L vs 5040

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Market segmentServerServer
Seriesno dataIntel Xeon Gold
DesignerIntelIntel
Architecture codenameDempsey (2006)Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release dateMay 2006 (19 years ago)2 April 2019 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$4,224

Detailed specifications

Xeon 5040 and Xeon Gold 5215L 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 cores2 (Dual-core)10 (Deca-Core)
Threads420
Base clock speed2.83 GHz2.5 GHz
Boost clock speed2.83 GHz3.4 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data25
L1 cache0 KB640 KB
L2 cache2 MB10 MB
L3 cache0 KB13.75 MB
Chip lithography65 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature67 °C77 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
VID voltage range1.075V-1.35Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon 5040 and Xeon Gold 5215L 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 configuration14 (Multiprocessor)
SocketPLGA771FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt85 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon 5040 and Xeon Gold 5215L. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology-2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX-+
Idle States-no data
Demand Based Switching-no data
PAE32 Bitno data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
FSB parity+no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon 5040 and Xeon Gold 5215L technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-+
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon 5040 and Xeon Gold 5215L are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-x++
EPT-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon 5040 and Xeon Gold 5215L. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR2DDR4-2667
Maximum memory sizeno data4.5 TB
Max memory channelsno data6
Maximum memory bandwidthno data128.001 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon 5040 and Xeon Gold 5215L.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data48

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 2 10
Threads 4 20
Chip lithography 65 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 85 Watt

Xeon Gold 5215L has 400% more physical cores and 400% more threads, a 364.3% more advanced lithography process, and 11.8% lower power consumption.

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