Xeon E5540 vs Intel Xeon Gold 6342

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Intel Xeon E5540

Intel Xeon Gold 6342

We compared two server CPUs: Xeon E5540 with 4 cores 2.533GHz and Intel Xeon Gold 6342 with 24 cores 2.8GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Xeon E5540 's Advantages

Lower TDP (80W vs 230W)

Intel Xeon Gold 6342 's Advantages

Released 12 years and 1 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 1066)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 2)

Higher base frequency (2.8GHz vs 2.533GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (36MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 45nm)

Score

Xeon E5540

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Intel Xeon Gold 6342

General Parameters

Mar 2009

Release Date

Apr 2021

Intel

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Gainestown

Core Architecture

Ice Lake-SP

Intel Socket 1366

Socket

Intel Socket 4189

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon(Gainestown)

Generation

Xeon Gold (Ice Lake-SP)

Package

0.731 billions

Transistor Count

-

45 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

80 W

Power Consumption

230 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

81 °C

Intel

Foundry

Intel

263 mm²

Die Size

-

CPU Performance

2.533 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.8 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.5 GHz

4

Total Core Count

24

8

Total Thread Count

48

133 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

19.0

Multiplier

28.0

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

256 KB per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

8 MB shared

L3 Cache

36 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3-1066

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

3

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

2

PCIe Version

4

-

PCIe Lanes

64

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