Xeon Gold 6240M vs 5150

Primary details

Comparing Xeon 5150 and Xeon Gold 6240M processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2805	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.56	no data
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	no data	Intel Xeon Gold
Power efficiency	0.84	no data
Architecture codename	Woodcrest (2006)	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date	June 2006 (18 years ago)	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$16	$5,448

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon 5150 and Xeon Gold 6240M 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 cores	2 (Dual-core)	18 (Octadeca-Core)
Threads	2	36
Base clock speed	2.66 GHz	2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.67 GHz	3.9 GHz
Bus type	no data	DMI 3.0
Bus rate	no data	4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier	no data	26
L1 cache	0 KB	1.125 MB
L2 cache	4 MB	18 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	24.75 MB
Chip lithography	65 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	65 °C	85 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
VID voltage range	B2=1.0V-1.5V, G0=.85V-1.5V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon 5150 and Xeon Gold 6240M 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 configuration	1	4 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	LGA771	Socket P
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	150 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon 5150 and Xeon Gold 6240M. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	-	+
AVX	-	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	+
TSX	-	+
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	-
FSB parity	+	no data
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Xeon 5150 and Xeon Gold 6240M technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	+
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon 5150 and Xeon Gold 6240M are enumerated here.

VT-d	no data	+
VT-x	+	+
EPT	-	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon 5150 and Xeon Gold 6240M. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR2	DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size	no data	2 TB
Max memory channels	no data	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	140.8 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon 5150 and Xeon Gold 6240M.

PCIe version	no data	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	48

Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	2	18
Threads	2	36
Chip lithography	65 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	150 Watt

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