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Intel Xeon E3-1240 v3

Front view of Intel Xeon E3-1240 v3
Front view of Intel Xeon E3-1230 v2

Intel Xeon E3-1230 v2

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Differences What are the advantages of each

Front view of Intel Xeon E3-1240 v3

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Higher clock speed 3.4 GHz vs 3.3 GHz Around 5% higher clock speed
Higher turbo clock speed 3.8 GHz vs 3.7 GHz Around 5% higher turbo clock speed
Newer Apr, 2013 vs May, 2012 Release date 10 months later
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Lower typical power consumption 56.06W vs 65W Around 15% lower typical power consumption
Better overclocked clock speed (Water) 3.5 GHz vs 3.4 GHz Around 5% better overclocked clock speed (Water)
Lower annual commercial energy cost 60.44 $/year vs 70.08 $/year Around 15% lower annual commercial energy cost
Lower annual home energy cost 16.62 $/year vs 19.27 $/year Around 15% lower annual home energy cost

Benchmarks Real world tests of Xeon E3-1240 v3 vs E3-1230 v2

GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Xeon E3-1240 v3
13,058
Xeon E3-1230 v2
11,802

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Xeon E3-1240 v3
3,371
Xeon E3-1230 v2
3,011

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Xeon E3-1240 v3
4,330,000 MB/s
Xeon E3-1230 v2
2,450,000 MB/s

GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Xeon E3-1240 v3
12,939
Xeon E3-1230 v2
11,675

GeekBench (64-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Xeon E3-1240 v3
13,381
Xeon E3-1230 v2
12,780

GeekBench

Xeon E3-1240 v3
13,381
Xeon E3-1230 v2
14,800

PassMark Data courtesy Passmark

Xeon E3-1240 v3
9,706
Xeon E3-1230 v2
8,890

PassMark (Single Core)

Xeon E3-1240 v3
2,191
Xeon E3-1230 v2
1,945

Specifications Full list of technical specs

summary

 Xeon E3-1240 v3  vs
E3-1230 v2 
Clock speed 3.4 GHz 3.3 GHz
Turbo clock speed 3.8 GHz 3.7 GHz
Cores Quad core Quad core

features
Has a NX bit Yes Yes
Supports trusted computing Yes Yes
Has virtualization support Yes Yes
Instruction set extensions
SSE2
F16C
MMX
SSE4
AVX
SSE3
EM64T
SSE
SSE4.1
FMA3
SSE4.2
Supplemental SSE3
AES
AVX 2.0
Supports dynamic frequency scaling Yes Yes

power consumption
TDP 80W 69W
Annual home energy cost 19.27 $/year 16.62 $/year
Annual commercial energy cost 70.08 $/year 60.44 $/year
Performance per watt 21.46 pt/W 13.85 pt/W
Typical power consumption 65W 56.06W

bus
Architecture DMI DMI
Number of links 0 1
Transfer rate 5,000 MT/s 5,000 MT/s

details

 Xeon E3-1240 v3  vs
E3-1230 v2 
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Threads 8 8
L3 cache 8 MB 8 MB
L3 cache per core 2 MB/core 2 MB/core
Manufacture process 22 nm 22 nm
Max CPUs 1 1

overclocking
Overclocked clock speed 3.71 GHz 3.67 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water) 3.4 GHz 3.5 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Air) 3.71 GHz 3.67 GHz

integrated graphics
GPU None None
Label N/A N/A
Latest DirectX N/A N/A
Number of displays supported N/A N/A
GPU clock speed N/A N/A
Turbo clock speed N/A N/A
3DMark06 N/A N/A

memory controller
Memory controller Built-in Built-in
Memory type
DDR3-1600
DDR3-1333
DDR3
Channels Dual Channel Dual Channel
Supports ECC Yes Yes
Maximum bandwidth 25,600 MB/s 25,600 MB/s
Maximum memory size 32,768 MB 33,556.48 MB
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