Xeon E-2414 vs E6540

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E6540 and Xeon E-2414 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
Architecture codenameno dataRaptor Lake-S (2023−2024)
Release date1 January 2010 (14 years ago)14 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$225

Detailed specifications

Xeon E6540 and Xeon E-2414 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)
Threads124
Base clock speed2 GHz2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed2.27 GHz4.5 GHz
Bus rateno data16 GT/s
L1 cacheno data80 KB (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-no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E6540 and Xeon E-2414 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 Watt55 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E6540 and Xeon E-2414. 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)++
Turbo Boost Technology1.02
Hyper-Threading Technology+-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-

Security technologies

Xeon E6540 and Xeon E-2414 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 Xeon E-2414 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E6540 and Xeon E-2414. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5-4800
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E6540 and Xeon E-2414.

PCIe versionno data5
PCI Express lanesno data16

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 January 2010 14 December 2023
Physical cores 6 4
Threads 12 4
Power consumption (TDP) 105 Watt 55 Watt

Xeon E6540 has 50% more physical cores and 200% more threads.

Xeon E-2414, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 13 years, and 90.9% lower power consumption.

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