Xeon Gold 6240R vs E5-2678 v3

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon E5-2678 v3
2015
12 cores / 24 threads, 120 Watt
9.27
Xeon Gold 6240R
2020
24 cores / 48 threads, 165 Watt
21.00
+127%

Xeon Gold 6240R outperforms Xeon E5-2678 v3 by a whopping 127% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2678 v3 and Xeon Gold 6240R processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking827264
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data18.82
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesXeonIntel Xeon Gold
Power efficiency7.3112.04
Architecture codenameHaswell (2013−2015)Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date2015 (9 years ago)24 February 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$2,200

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2678 v3 and Xeon Gold 6240R 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 cores12 (Dodeca-Core)24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads2448
Base clock speed2.5 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed3.3 GHz4 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data24
L1 cache384 KB1.5 MB
L2 cache3072 KB24 MB
L3 cache30 MB35.75 MB
Chip lithography22 nm14 nm
Die size356 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data90 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)84 °Cno data
Number of transistors5,560 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2678 v3 and Xeon Gold 6240R 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 configuration2no data
SocketLGA2011-3FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt165 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2678 v3 and Xeon Gold 6240R. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX++
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2678 v3 and Xeon Gold 6240R technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2678 v3 and Xeon Gold 6240R are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2678 v3 and Xeon Gold 6240R. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3, DDR4DDR4-2933
Maximum memory sizeno data1 TB
Max memory channelsno data6
Maximum memory bandwidthno data140.8 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2678 v3 and Xeon Gold 6240R.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4048

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 E5-2678 v3 9.27
Xeon Gold 6240R 21.00
+127%

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 E5-2678 v3 14726
Xeon Gold 6240R 33353
+126%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 9.27 21.00
Physical cores 12 24
Threads 24 48
Chip lithography 22 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 165 Watt

Xeon E5-2678 v3 has 37.5% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6240R, on the other hand, has a 126.5% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 57.1% more advanced lithography process.

The Xeon Gold 6240R is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon E5-2678 v3 in performance tests.


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