Xeon E6540 vs Intel Xeon E3 1285L v3

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Intel Xeon E6540

Intel Xeon E3-1285L v3

We compared two server CPUs: Xeon E6540 with 6 cores 2GHz and Intel Xeon E3 1285L v3 with 4 cores 3.1GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Xeon E6540 's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (1333 vs 4)

Larger L3 cache size (18MB vs 8MB)

Intel Xeon E3 1285L v3 's Advantages

Released 3 years and 3 months late

Newer PCIe version (3 vs 2)

Higher base frequency (3.1GHz vs 2GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 45nm)

Lower TDP (65W vs 105W)

Score

Xeon E6540

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Intel Xeon E3 1285L v3

General Parameters

Mar 2010

Release Date

Jun 2013

Intel

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Nehalem-EX

Core Architecture

Haswell-WS

Intel Socket 1567

Socket

Intel Socket 1150

N/A

Integrated Graphics

Intel HD P4600

Xeon(Beckton)

Generation

Xeon E3 (Haswell-WS)

Package

2.3 billions

Transistor Count

1.4 billions

45 nm

Manufacturing Process

22 nm

105 W

Power Consumption

65 W

Intel

Foundry

Intel

684 mm²

Die Size

160 mm²

CPU Performance

2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.1 GHz

2.266 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.9 GHz

6

Total Core Count

4

12

Total Thread Count

8

133 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

15.0

Multiplier

31.0

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

256 KB per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

18 MB shared

L3 Cache

8 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR3-1333

Memory Types

DDR3,DDR4

4

Max Memory Channels

2

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

2

PCIe Version

3

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