Celeron 725C vs Xeon E3-1240 v6

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E3-1240 v6 and Celeron 725C processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1166not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation6.26no data
Market segmentServerLaptop
SeriesIntel Xeon E3no data
Power efficiency7.15no data
Architecture codenameKaby Lake (2016−2019)Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date28 March 2017 (7 years ago)1 July 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$272no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E3-1240 v6 and Celeron 725C 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)1 (Single-Core)
Threads81
Base clock speed3.7 GHzno data
Boost clock speed4.1 GHz1.3 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate8 GT/sno data
Multiplier37no data
L1 cache256 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB256 KB (per core)
L3 cache8 MB1.5 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm32 nm
Die sizeno data131 mm2
Number of transistorsno data504 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3-1240 v6 and Celeron 725C 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketFCLGA1151Intel BGA1023
Power consumption (TDP)72 Watt17 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1240 v6 and Celeron 725C. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2no data
AES-NI+-
AVX+-
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX+-
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-

Security technologies

Xeon E3-1240 v6 and Celeron 725C technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data
MPX+-
SGXYes with both Intel® SPS and Intel® MEno data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E3-1240 v6 and Celeron 725C are enumerated here.

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 v6 and Celeron 725C. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400, DDR3L-1866DDR3
Maximum memory size64 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel HD (Sandy Bridge)

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Xeon E3-1240 v6 and Celeron 725C integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4N/Ano data
Max resolution over eDPN/Ano data
Max resolution over DisplayPortN/Ano data
Max resolution over VGAN/Ano data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon E3-1240 v6 and Celeron 725C integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXN/Ano data
OpenGLN/Ano data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3-1240 v6 and Celeron 725C.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes16no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 28 March 2017 1 July 2011
Physical cores 4 1
Threads 8 1
Chip lithography 14 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 72 Watt 17 Watt

Xeon E3-1240 v6 has an age advantage of 5 years, 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads, and a 128.6% more advanced lithography process.

Celeron 725C, on the other hand, has 323.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon E3-1240 v6 and Celeron 725C. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon E3-1240 v6 is a server/workstation processor while Celeron 725C is a notebook one.


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