Xeon E7340 vs Gold 6248

Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	461	1678
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.18	no data
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon Gold	no data
Power efficiency	4.76	1.97
Designer	Intel	Intel
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)	no data
Release date	2 April 2019 (6 years ago)	1 July 2007 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$3,072	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6248 and Xeon E7340 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 cores	20 (Icosa-Core)	no data
Threads	40	no data
Base clock speed	2.5 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.9 GHz	no data
Bus type	DMI 3.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	25	no data
L1 cache	1.25 MB	no data
L2 cache	20 MB	no data
L3 cache	27.5 MB	8 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography	14 nm	65 nm
Maximum core temperature	86 °C	66 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-
VID voltage range	no data	1.0V-1.5V

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6248 and Xeon E7340 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 configuration	4 (Multiprocessor)	no data
Socket	FCLGA3647	PGA604,PPGA604
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	80 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6248 and Xeon E7340. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512	no data
AES-NI	+	-
AVX	+	-
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	-
TSX	+	-
Idle States	no data	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
Demand Based Switching	no data	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data
FSB parity	no data	+
Deep Learning Boost	+	-

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6248 and Xeon E7340 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	-
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6248 and Xeon E7340 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6248 and Xeon E7340. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2933	no data
Maximum memory size	1 TB	no data
Max memory channels	6	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	140.8 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6248 and Xeon E7340.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	48	no data

Synthetic benchmarks

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	16.90	3.74
Recency	2 April 2019	1 July 2007
Chip lithography	14 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	80 Watt

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