A4 PRO-3340B vs Xeon E5-2679 v4

Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	624	2730
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	Intel Xeon E5	no data
Power efficiency	2.91	1.66
Designer	Intel	AMD
Manufacturer	no data	GlobalFoundries
Architecture codename	Broadwell (2015−2019)	Kabini (2013−2014)
Release date	20 June 2016 (9 years ago)	20 December 2014 (11 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2679 v4 and A4 PRO-3340B 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	20 (Icosa-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	40	4
Base clock speed	2.5 GHz	2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.3 GHz	2.2 GHz
Bus type	QPI	no data
Bus rate	2 × 9.6 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	25	no data
L2 cache	5 MB	2048 KB
L3 cache	50 MB	no data
Chip lithography	14 nm	28 nm
Die size	456.12 mm2	107 mm2
Maximum core temperature	85 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	53 °C	90 °C
Number of transistors	7200 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2679 v4 and A4 PRO-3340B 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 (Multiprocessor)	1
Socket	FCLGA2011-3	FT3
Power consumption (TDP)	200 Watt	25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2679 v4 and A4 PRO-3340B. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX2	no data
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	-	FMA4
AVX	+	+
PowerNow	-	+
PowerGating	-	+
VirusProtect	-	+
RAID	-	+
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
TSX	+	-
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
PAE	46 Bit	no data

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2679 v4 and A4 PRO-3340B 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 E5-2679 v4 and A4 PRO-3340B are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	no data
EPT	+	no data
IOMMU 2.0	-	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2679 v4 and A4 PRO-3340B. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133, DDR4-2400	DDR3/DDR3L-1600
Maximum memory size	1.5 TB	no data
Max memory channels	4	1
Maximum memory bandwidth	76.8 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	no data	AMD Radeon™ HD 8240 Graphics
iGPU core count	no data	2
จำนวนพาธไลน์	no data	128
Enduro	-	+
Switchable graphics	-	+
UVD	-	+
VCE	-	+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon E5-2679 v4 and A4 PRO-3340B integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon E5-2679 v4 and A4 PRO-3340B integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	no data	DirectX® 12
Vulkan	-	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2679 v4 and A4 PRO-3340B.

PCIe version	3.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	40	8

Synthetic benchmarks

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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	13.78	0.98
Recency	20 June 2016	20 December 2014
Physical cores	20	4
Threads	40	4
Chip lithography	14 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	200 Watt	25 Watt

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