A12-9720P vs Xeon E5-2640

Primary Details

Comparing Xeon E5-2640 and A12-9720P processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1311	1927
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation	0.96	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD Bristol Ridge
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge-EP (2012)	Bristol Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date	6 March 2012 (12 years ago)	1 June 2016 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$162	no data
Current price	$43 (0.3x MSRP)	$502

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed Specifications

Xeon E5-2640 and A12-9720P 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	6 (Hexa-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	12	4
Base clock speed	2.5 GHz	2.7 GHz
Boost clock speed	3 GHz	3.6 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	no data
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	2 MB
L3 cache	15360 KB (shared)	no data
Chip lithography	32 nm	28 nm
Die size	435 mm2	250 mm2
Maximum core temperature	73 °C	90 °C
Number of transistors	2,270 million	3100 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2640 and A12-9720P 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	FP4
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2640 and A12-9720P. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX	DDR4-1866 RAM, PCIe 3, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, TBM, FMA4, XOP, SMEP, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	no data	+
AVX	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	1.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	no data
Flex Memory Access	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
Status	Discontinued	no data

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2640 and A12-9720P technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	no data
Identity Protection	-	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2640 and A12-9720P 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 E5-2640 and A12-9720P. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4
Maximum memory size	384 GB	no data
Max memory channels	4	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	42.6 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2640 and A12-9720P.

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.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Xeon E5-2640 outperforms A12-9720P by 138% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Pros & Cons Summary

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Performance score	4.09	1.72
Recency	6 March 2012	1 June 2016
Physical cores	6	4
Threads	12	4
Chip lithography	32 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	15 Watt

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