Athlon Neo MV-40 vs Xeon E5-2640 v2
Aggregate performance score
Xeon E5-2640 v2 outperforms Athlon Neo MV-40 by a whopping 2676% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1380 | 3415 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 1.28 | no data |
| Market segment | Server | Laptop |
| Series | no data | AMD Athlon Neo |
| Power efficiency | 4.78 | 1.09 |
| Designer | Intel | AMD |
| Manufacturer | Intel | no data |
| Architecture codename | Ivy Bridge-EP (2013) | Huron (2009) |
| Release date | 1 September 2013 (11 years ago) | 6 January 2009 (16 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $728 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Xeon E5-2640 v2 and Athlon Neo MV-40 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 | 8 (Octa-Core) | 1 (Single-Core) |
| Threads | 16 | 1 |
| Base clock speed | 2 GHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 2.5 GHz | 1.6 GHz |
| Bus rate | 7.2 GT/s | 1600 MHz |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 256 KB (per core) | 512 KB |
| L3 cache | 20 MB (shared) | no data |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | 65 nm |
| Die size | 160 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | 75 °C | 95 °C |
| Number of transistors | 1,400 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon E5-2640 v2 and Athlon Neo MV-40 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 | 2 | no data |
| Socket | FCLGA2011 | ASB1 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 95 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2640 v2 and Athlon Neo MV-40. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® AVX | MMX, 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization |
| AES-NI | + | - |
| AVX | + | - |
| VirusProtect | - | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | no data |
| Idle States | + | no data |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | - |
| Flex Memory Access | - | no data |
| Demand Based Switching | + | no data |
| PAE | 46 Bit | no data |
Security technologies
Xeon E5-2640 v2 and Athlon Neo MV-40 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | no data |
| EDB | + | no data |
| Secure Key | + | no data |
| OS Guard | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2640 v2 and Athlon Neo MV-40 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 E5-2640 v2 and Athlon Neo MV-40. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | no data |
| Maximum memory size | 768 GB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 4 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 51.2 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2640 v2 and Athlon Neo MV-40.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | 40 | no data |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 4.72 | 0.17 |
| Recency | 1 September 2013 | 6 January 2009 |
| Physical cores | 8 | 1 |
| Threads | 16 | 1 |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | 65 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 95 Watt | 15 Watt |
Xeon E5-2640 v2 has a 2676.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, 700% more physical cores and 1500% more threads, and a 195.5% more advanced lithography process.
Athlon Neo MV-40, on the other hand, has 533.3% lower power consumption.
The Intel Xeon E5-2640 v2 is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Athlon Neo MV-40 in performance tests.
Be aware that Xeon E5-2640 v2 is a server/workstation processor while Athlon Neo MV-40 is a notebook one.
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