Pentium Gold G7400E vs Xeon Gold 6240

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6240 and Pentium Gold G7400E processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking397not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation9.98no data
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Xeon Goldno data
Power efficiency10.33no data
Architecture codenameCascade Lake (2019−2020)Alder Lake-S (2022)
Release date2 April 2019 (5 years ago)4 January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$2,445no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6240 and Pentium Gold G7400E 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 cores18 (Octadeca-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads364
Base clock speed2.6 GHz3.6 GHz
Boost clock speed3.9 GHz3.6 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier26no data
L1 cache1.125 MB80K (per core)
L2 cache18 MB1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache24.75 MB6 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm10 nm
Maximum core temperature85 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6240 and Pentium Gold G7400E 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 configuration4 (Multiprocessor)1
SocketFCLGA36471700
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt46 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6240 and Pentium Gold G7400E. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512no data
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX++
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
Deep Learning Boost+-

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6240 and Pentium Gold G7400E technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6240 and Pentium Gold G7400E are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6240 and Pentium Gold G7400E. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2933DDR4, DDR5 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size1 TBno data
Max memory channels6no data
Maximum memory bandwidth140.8 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel UHD Graphics 710

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6240 and Pentium Gold G7400E.

PCIe version3.05.0
PCI Express lanes48no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 April 2019 4 January 2022
Physical cores 18 2
Threads 36 4
Chip lithography 14 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 46 Watt

Xeon Gold 6240 has 800% more physical cores and 800% more threads.

Pentium Gold G7400E, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 40% more advanced lithography process, and 226.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Gold 6240 and Pentium Gold G7400E. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon Gold 6240 is a server/workstation processor while Pentium Gold G7400E is a desktop one.


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