EPYC 9355P vs Xeon E3-1240 v5
Primary details
Comparing Xeon E3-1240 v5 and EPYC 9355P processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
Place in the ranking | 1182 | not rated |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 3.84 | no data |
Market segment | Server | Server |
Series | Intel Xeon E3 | no data |
Power efficiency | 6.16 | no data |
Architecture codename | Skylake-DT (2015) | Turin (2024) |
Release date | 19 October 2015 (9 years ago) | 10 October 2024 (recently) |
Launch price (MSRP) | $282 | $2,998 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Xeon E3-1240 v5 and EPYC 9355P 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) | 32 (Dotriaconta-Core) |
Threads | 8 | 64 |
Base clock speed | 3.5 GHz | 3.55 GHz |
Boost clock speed | 3.9 GHz | 4.4 GHz |
Bus type | DMI 3.0 | no data |
Bus rate | 4 × 8 GT/s | no data |
Multiplier | 35 | no data |
L1 cache | 256 KB | 80 KB (per core) |
L2 cache | 1 MB | 1 MB (per core) |
L3 cache | 8 MB (shared) | 256 MB (shared) |
Chip lithography | 14 nm | 4 nm |
Die size | 122 mm2 | 8x 70.6 mm2 |
Number of transistors | 1,750 million | 66,520 million |
64 bit support | + | + |
Windows 11 compatibility | - | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon E3-1240 v5 and EPYC 9355P 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 (Uniprocessor) | 1 |
Socket | FCLGA1151,FCLGA2011 | SP5 |
Power consumption (TDP) | 80 Watt | 280 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1240 v5 and EPYC 9355P. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2 | no data |
AES-NI | + | + |
AVX | + | + |
vPro | + | no data |
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | no data |
Hyper-Threading Technology | + | no data |
TSX | + | - |
Idle States | + | no data |
Thermal Monitoring | + | - |
Precision Boost 2 | no data | + |
Security technologies
Xeon E3-1240 v5 and EPYC 9355P technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
TXT | + | no data |
EDB | + | no data |
Secure Key | + | no data |
MPX | + | - |
SGX | Yes with both Intel® SPS and Intel® ME | no data |
OS Guard | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E3-1240 v5 and EPYC 9355P are enumerated here.
AMD-V | - | + |
VT-d | + | no data |
VT-x | + | no data |
EPT | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E3-1240 v5 and EPYC 9355P. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
Supported memory types | DDR4-1866/2133, DDR3L-1333/1600 | DDR5 |
Maximum memory size | 64 GB | no data |
Max memory channels | 2 | no data |
Maximum memory bandwidth | 34.134 GB/s | no data |
ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
Integrated graphics card | N/A | N/A |
Graphics image quality
Maximum display resolutions supported by Xeon E3-1240 v5 and EPYC 9355P integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 | N/A | no data |
Max resolution over eDP | N/A | no data |
Max resolution over DisplayPort | N/A | no data |
Max resolution over VGA | N/A | no data |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Xeon E3-1240 v5 and EPYC 9355P integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
DirectX | N/A | no data |
OpenGL | N/A | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3-1240 v5 and EPYC 9355P.
PCIe version | 3.0 | 5.0 |
PCI Express lanes | 16 | 128 |
Pros & cons summary
Recency | 19 October 2015 | 10 October 2024 |
Physical cores | 4 | 32 |
Threads | 8 | 64 |
Chip lithography | 14 nm | 4 nm |
Power consumption (TDP) | 80 Watt | 280 Watt |
Xeon E3-1240 v5 has 250% lower power consumption.
EPYC 9355P, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 years, 700% more physical cores and 700% more threads, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Xeon E3-1240 v5 and EPYC 9355P. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon E3-1240 v5 and EPYC 9355P, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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