Pentium P6200 vs Xeon E5-2640

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon E5-2640
2012
6 cores / 12 threads, 95 Watt
4.11
+597%

Xeon E5-2640 outperforms Pentium P6200 by a whopping 597% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2640 and Pentium P6200 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking14212807
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.75no data
Market segmentServerLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Pentium
Power efficiency3.941.54
Architecture codenameSandy Bridge-EP (2012)Arrandale (2010−2011)
Release date6 March 2012 (12 years ago)26 September 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$162$60

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2640 and Pentium P6200 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 cores6 (Hexa-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads122
Base clock speed2.5 GHz2.13 GHz
Boost clock speed3 GHz0.13 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 1.0
Bus rate7.2 GT/s1 × 2.5 GT/s
Multiplierno data16
L1 cache64 KB (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache256 KB (per core)256K (per core)
L3 cache15360 KB (shared)3 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm32 nm
Die size435 mm281+114 mm2
Maximum core temperature73 °C90 °C
Number of transistors2,270 million384 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2640 and Pentium P6200 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 configuration21 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFCLGA2011PGA988
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2640 and Pentium P6200. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVXno data
AES-NI+-
FMA-+
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology1.0-
Hyper-Threading Technology+-
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Access-+
Demand Based Switching+-
PAEno data36 Bit
FDIno data+
Fast Memory Accessno data+

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2640 and Pentium P6200 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+-
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2640 and Pentium P6200 are enumerated here.

VT-d+-
VT-x+-
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2640 and Pentium P6200. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory size384 GB8 GB
Max memory channels42
Maximum memory bandwidth42.6 GB/s17.051 GB/s
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel® HD Graphics for Previous Generation Intel® Processors
Clear Videono data+
Graphics max frequencyno data667 MHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon E5-2640 and Pentium P6200 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data2

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2640 and Pentium P6200.

PCIe version3.02.0
PCI Express lanes4016

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. 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 4.11
+597%
Pentium P6200 0.59

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.

Xeon E5-2640 6294
+593%
Pentium P6200 908

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Xeon E5-2640 448
+57.7%
Pentium P6200 284

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Xeon E5-2640 2292
+374%
Pentium P6200 484

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.11 0.59
Recency 6 March 2012 26 September 2010
Physical cores 6 2
Threads 12 2
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 35 Watt

Xeon E5-2640 has a 596.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, and 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads.

Pentium P6200, on the other hand, has 171.4% lower power consumption.

The Xeon E5-2640 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium P6200 in performance tests.

Be aware that Xeon E5-2640 is a server/workstation processor while Pentium P6200 is a notebook one.


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