Celeron N6211 vs Xeon L5640

Primary details

Comparing Xeon L5640 and Celeron N6211 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1572	2092
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.27	3.55
Market segment	Server	Desktop processor
Series	no data	Elkhart Lake
Architecture codename	Westmere-EP (2010−2011)	Elkhart Lake
Release date	16 March 2010 (14 years ago)	17 July 2022 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$200	$54
Current price	$768 (3.8x MSRP)	$240 (4.4x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Celeron N6211 has 1215% better value for money than Xeon L5640.

Detailed specifications

Xeon L5640 and Celeron N6211 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	6 (Hexa-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	12	2
Base clock speed	2.26 GHz	1.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.8 GHz	3 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	no data
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	1.5 MB
L3 cache	12 MB (shared)	no data
Chip lithography	32 nm	10 nm
Die size	239 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	69 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,170 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon L5640 and Celeron N6211 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	2	no data
Socket	FCLGA1366,LGA1366	BGA1493
Power consumption (TDP)	60 Watt	6.5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon L5640 and Celeron N6211. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2	no data
AES-NI	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	1.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
PAE	40 Bit	no data
Status	Discontinued	no data

Security technologies

Xeon L5640 and Celeron N6211 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon L5640 and Celeron N6211 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon L5640 and Celeron N6211. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4
Maximum memory size	288 GB	no data
Max memory channels	3	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	32 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

Intel UHD Graphics (Jasper Lake 16 EU)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon L5640 and Celeron N6211.

PCIe version

2.0

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.

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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 L5640 outperforms Celeron N6211 by 106% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	2.98	1.45
Recency	16 March 2010	17 July 2022
Physical cores	6	2
Threads	12	2
Cost	$200	$54
Chip lithography	32 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	60 Watt	6 Watt

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