Xeon Gold 5119T vs E5-2640

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2640 and Xeon Gold 5119T processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1427	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	3.94	no data
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	no data	Intel Xeon Gold
Power efficiency	3.94	no data
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge-EP (2012)	Skylake (server) (2017−2018)
Release date	6 March 2012 (12 years ago)	11 July 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$162	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2640 and Xeon Gold 5119T 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)	14 (Tetradeca-Core)
Threads	12	28
Base clock speed	2.5 GHz	1.9 GHz
Boost clock speed	3 GHz	3.2 GHz
Bus rate	7.2 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	no data	19
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	896 KB
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	14 MB
L3 cache	15360 KB (shared)	19.25 MB
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Die size	435 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	73 °C	90 °C
Number of transistors	2,270 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2640 and Xeon Gold 5119T 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	4 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA2011	FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	85 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2640 and Xeon Gold 5119T. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	1.0	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	-	+
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	-

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2640 and Xeon Gold 5119T 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 Xeon Gold 5119T are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	+
VT-x	+	+
EPT	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2640 and Xeon Gold 5119T. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4-2400
Maximum memory size	384 GB	768 GB
Max memory channels	4	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	42.6 GB/s	115.212 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2640 and Xeon Gold 5119T.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	40	48

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	6 March 2012	11 July 2017
Physical cores	6	14
Threads	12	28
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	85 Watt

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