Xeon E7540 vs L3406

Place in performance ranking	2768	1014
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Server
Release date	1 January 2010 (14 years ago)	1 January 2010 (14 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon L3406 and Xeon E7540 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	2 (Dual-core)	6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads	4	12
Base clock speed	2.26 GHz	2 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.53 GHz	2.27 GHz
L3 cache	4 MB Intel® Smart Cache	18 MB L3 Cache
Chip lithography	32 nm	45 nm
Maximum core temperature	54 °C	64 °C
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon L3406 and Xeon E7540 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	1	no data
Socket	FCLGA1156	FCLGA1567
Power consumption (TDP)	30 Watt	105 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon L3406 and Xeon E7540. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	1.0	1.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
Idle States	+	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
PAE	36 Bit	no data
Status	Discontinued	Discontinued

Security technologies

Xeon L3406 and Xeon E7540 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon L3406 and Xeon E7540 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon L3406 and Xeon E7540. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3-1066	no data
Maximum memory size	16.38 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	17 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon L3406 and Xeon E7540.

PCIe version	2.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	16	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Xeon L3406 0.60

Xeon E7540 6.71
+1018%

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.

Xeon L3406 928

Xeon E7540 10376
+1018%