Xeon Gold 6348H vs E3-1240 v2

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E3-1240 v2 and Xeon Gold 6348H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1410	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.02	no data
Market segment	Server	Server
Power efficiency	5.49	no data
Architecture codename	Ivy Bridge (2012−2013)	Cooper Lake-SP (2021)
Release date	14 May 2012 (12 years ago)	6 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$304	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E3-1240 v2 and Xeon Gold 6348H 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	4 (Quad-Core)	24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads	8	48
Base clock speed	3.4 GHz	2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.8 GHz	4.2 GHz
Bus rate	5 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	64K (per core)
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	8 MB (shared)	33 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	22 nm	14 nm
Die size	160 mm2	no data
Number of transistors	1,400 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3-1240 v2 and Xeon Gold 6348H 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
Socket	FCLGA1155	FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)	69 Watt	165 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1240 v2 and Xeon Gold 6348H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	-	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
Fast Memory Access	+	no data
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Xeon E3-1240 v2 and Xeon Gold 6348H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+
Identity Protection	+	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E3-1240 v2 and Xeon Gold 6348H are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	+
VT-x	+	+
EPT	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E3-1240 v2 and Xeon Gold 6348H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4 RDIMM
Maximum memory size	32.77 GB	1.12 TB
Max memory channels	2	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3-1240 v2 and Xeon Gold 6348H.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	48

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	14 May 2012	6 April 2021
Physical cores	4	24
Threads	8	48
Chip lithography	22 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	69 Watt	165 Watt

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