Intel Xeon Platinum 8480 vs Intel Xeon E3 1240

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Intel Xeon Platinum 8480+

Intel Xeon E3-1240

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon Platinum 8480 with 56 cores 2GHz and Intel Xeon E3 1240 with 4 cores 3.3GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon Platinum 8480 's Advantages

Released 11 years and 9 months late

Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 3)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)

Larger L3 cache size (105MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 32nm)

Intel Xeon E3 1240 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.3GHz vs 2GHz)

Lower TDP (80W vs 350W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon Platinum 8480 +61%

1494

Intel Xeon E3 1240

925

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon Platinum 8480 +257%

10690

Intel Xeon E3 1240

2989

Intel Xeon Platinum 8480

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Intel Xeon E3 1240

General Parameters

Jan 2023

Release Date

Apr 2011

Intel

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Sapphire Rapids

Core Architecture

Sandy Bridge

Intel Socket 4677

Socket

Intel Socket 1155

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon Platinum (Sapphire Rapids-SP)

Generation

Xeon E3 (Sandy Bridge)

Package

-

Transistor Count

1.16 billions

10 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

350 W

Power Consumption

80 W

79 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

Intel

Foundry

Intel

4x477 mm²

Die Size

216 mm²

CPU Performance

2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.3 GHz

3.8 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.7 GHz

56

Total Core Count

4

112

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

20.0

Multiplier

33.0

80 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

2 MB per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

105 MB

L3 Cache

8 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

1

2

AVX-512 FMA Ports

-

Memory Parameters

DDR5-4800

Memory Types

DDR3

8

Max Memory Channels

2

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

5

PCIe Version

3

80

PCIe Lanes

16

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