A8-7200P vs Xeon E5540

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon E5540
2009
4 cores / 8 threads, 80 Watt
1.80
+29.5%

Xeon E5540 outperforms A8-7200P by a significant 29% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5540 and A8-7200P processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking19192129
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.05no data
Market segmentServerLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD Kaveri
Architecture codenameGainestown (2009−2010)Kaveri (2014−2015)
Release dateMarch 2009 (15 years ago)4 June 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$30no data
Current price$126 (4.2x MSRP)no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E5540 and A8-7200P 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads84
Base clock speed2.53 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed2.8 GHz3.3 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache256 KB (per core)4096 KB
L3 cache8 MB (shared)no data
Chip lithography45 nm28 nm
Die size263 mm2245 mm2
Maximum core temperature76 °C102 °C
Number of transistors731 million2410 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5540 and A8-7200P 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
SocketFCLGA1366FP3
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5540 and A8-7200P. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno data86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, FMA, DDR3-1866 Controller
AES-NIno data+
FMAno data+
AVXno data+
FRTCno data1
PowerTuneno data-
TrueAudiono data+
PowerNowno data+
PowerGatingno data+
Out-of-band client managementno data+
VirusProtectno data+
HSAno data1
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology1.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Idle States+no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE40 Bitno data
StatusDiscontinuedno data

Security technologies

Xeon E5540 and A8-7200P technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5540 and A8-7200P are enumerated here.

AMD-Vno data1
VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data
EPT+no data
IOMMU 2.0no data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5540 and A8-7200P. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3-1866
Maximum memory size144 GBno data
Max memory channels32
Maximum memory bandwidth25.6 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon R5 Graphics
iGPU core countno data4
Endurono data+
Switchable graphicsno data1
UVDno data+
VCEno data+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon E5540 and A8-7200P integrated GPUs.

DisplayPortno data+
HDMIno data+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon E5540 and A8-7200P integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno dataDirectX® 12
Vulkanno data1

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5540 and A8-7200P.

PCIe versionno data3.0

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 E5540 1.80
+29.5%
A8-7200P 1.39

Xeon E5540 outperforms A8-7200P by 29% based on our aggregate benchmark results.


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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Xeon E5540 2783
+29.2%
A8-7200P 2154

Xeon E5540 outperforms A8-7200P by 29% in Passmark.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Xeon E5540 371
A8-7200P 379
+2.2%

A8-7200P outperforms Xeon E5540 by 2% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Xeon E5540 1553
+52.3%
A8-7200P 1020

Xeon E5540 outperforms A8-7200P by 52% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.80 1.39
Threads 8 4
Chip lithography 45 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 35 Watt

The Xeon E5540 is our recommended choice as it beats the A8-7200P in performance tests.

Be aware that Xeon E5540 is a server/workstation processor while A8-7200P is a notebook one.


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