i3-12100F vs Xeon E6540

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E6540 and Core i3-12100F processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated856
Place by popularitynot in top-1005
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
Power efficiencyno data14.50
Architecture codenameno dataAlder Lake-S (2022)
Release date1 January 2010 (14 years ago)January 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon E6540 and Core i3-12100F 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)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads128
Base clock speed2 GHz3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed2.27 GHz4.3 GHz
L1 cacheno data80K (per core)
L2 cacheno data1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache18 MB L3 Cache12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nmIntel 7 nm
Die sizeno data163 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E6540 and Core i3-12100F 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 configurationno data1
SocketFCLGA1567FCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)105 Watt58 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E6540 and Core i3-12100F. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology1.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX-+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon E6540 and Core i3-12100F technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDB++
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E6540 and Core i3-12100F are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E6540 and Core i3-12100F. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data76.8 GB/s

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E6540 and Core i3-12100F.

PCIe versionno data5.0 and 4.0
PCI Express lanesno data20

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 6 4
Threads 12 8
Power consumption (TDP) 105 Watt 58 Watt

Xeon E6540 has 50% more physical cores and 50% more threads.

i3-12100F, on the other hand, has 81% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon E6540 and Core i3-12100F. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon E6540 is a server/workstation processor while Core i3-12100F is a desktop one.


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