Xeon Gold 6240R vs X5460

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon X5460
2007
4 cores / 4 threads, 120 Watt
1.61
Xeon Gold 6240R
2020
24 cores / 48 threads, 165 Watt
20.74
+1188%

Xeon Gold 6240R outperforms Xeon X5460 by a whopping 1188% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking2248312
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.0817.38
Market segmentServerServer
Seriesno dataIntel Xeon Gold
Power efficiency1.2912.13
DesignerIntelIntel
ManufacturerIntelno data
Architecture codenameHarpertown (2007−2008)Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date11 November 2007 (17 years ago)24 February 2020 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,172$2,200

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Gold 6240R has 21625% better value for money than Xeon X5460.

Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

Xeon X5460 and Xeon Gold 6240R 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads448
Base clock speed3.16 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed0.17 GHz4 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data24
L1 cache64 KB (per core)1.5 MB
L2 cache6 MB (per die)24 MB
L3 cache12 MB L2 Cache35.75 MB
Chip lithography45 nm14 nm
Die size2x 107 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data90 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)63 °Cno data
Number of transistors820 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
VID voltage range0.85V-1.35Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon X5460 and Xeon Gold 6240R 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 configuration2no data
SocketLGA771FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt165 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon X5460 and Xeon Gold 6240R. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Xeon X5460 and Xeon Gold 6240R technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon X5460 and Xeon Gold 6240R are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-x++
EPT-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon X5460 and Xeon Gold 6240R. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR2, DDR3 Depends on motherboardDDR4-2933
Maximum memory sizeno data1 TB
Max memory channelsno data6
Maximum memory bandwidthno data140.8 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardN/Ano data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon X5460 and Xeon Gold 6240R.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanesno data48

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.

Xeon X5460 1.61
Xeon Gold 6240R 20.74
+1188%

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 X5460 2582
Xeon Gold 6240R 33353
+1192%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.61 20.74
Recency 11 November 2007 24 February 2020
Physical cores 4 24
Threads 4 48
Chip lithography 45 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 165 Watt

Xeon X5460 has 37.5% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6240R, on the other hand, has a 1188.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, 500% more physical cores and 1100% more threads, and a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.

The Intel Xeon Gold 6240R is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Xeon X5460 in performance tests.

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