Intel Xeon E7540: specs and benchmarks

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Xeon E7540
2010
6 cores / 12 threads, 105 Watt
6.47

Xeon E7540 provides acceptable benchmark performance at 6.47% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.

Summary

Intel started Xeon E7540 sales 1 January 2010. This is a desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 6 cores and 12 threads, and is based on 45 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 2270 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is FCLGA1567 processor with a TDP of 105 Watt.

Primary details

Xeon E7540 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in the ranking1100
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Market segmentServer
Power efficiency5.87of 100.00 (Ryzen Z1 Extreme)
DesignerIntel
Release date1 January 2010 (15 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads12
Base clock speed2 GHzof 4.7 GHz (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed2.27 GHzof 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS)
L3 cache18 MB L3 Cacheof 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X)
Chip lithography45 nmof 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Maximum core temperature64 °Cof 110 °C (Atom x7-E3950)
64 bit support-
Windows 11 compatibility-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E7540 compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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.

SocketFCLGA1567
Power consumption (TDP)105 Wattof 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Xeon E7540. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+
Turbo Boost Technology1.0
Hyper-Threading Technology+

Security technologies

Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB+

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

VT-x+
EPT+

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Xeon E7540. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating.

Xeon E7540 6.47

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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.

Xeon E7540 10376

Gaming performance

Closest competitors

Xeon E7540's performance relative to its closest rivals among server CPUs.


AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Xeon E7540 is Xeon Platinum 8362, which is slower by 12% and lower by 90 positions in our ranking.

Here are some closest AMD rivals to Xeon E7540:

Opteron 6278 132.3
EPYC 7261 107.42
Xeon E7540 100
Opteron 6348 75.58

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