Intel Pentium D1508 vs Intel Xeon E3-1240L v3

Comparative analysis of Intel Pentium D1508 and Intel Xeon E3-1240L v3 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

Intel Pentium D1508

Intel Xeon E3-1240L v3

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium D1508

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 128 GB vs 32 GB
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1760 vs 1745

Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 22 nm
Maximum memory size	128 GB vs 32 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1760 vs 1745

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E3-1240L v3

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
4 more threads: 8 vs 4
Around 15% higher clock speed: 3.00 GHz vs 2.60 GHz
Around 74% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 5651 vs 3240

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	4 vs 2
Number of threads	8 vs 4
Maximum frequency	3.00 GHz vs 2.60 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	5651 vs 3240

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Pentium D1508
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E3-1240L v3

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1760

1745

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3240

5651

Name	Intel Pentium D1508	Intel Xeon E3-1240L v3
PassMark - Single thread mark	1760	1745
PassMark - CPU mark	3240	5651

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Pentium D1508	Intel Xeon E3-1240L v3
Essentials
Architecture codename	Broadwell	Haswell
Launch date	Q4'15	Q2'14
Place in performance rating	1470	1434
Processor Number	D1508	E3-1240LV3
Series	Intel® Pentium® Processor D Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E3 v3 Family
Status	Launched	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.20 GHz	2.00 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	22 nm
Maximum frequency	2.60 GHz	3.00 GHz
Number of cores	2	4
Number of threads	4	8
Bus Speed		5 GT/s DMI2
Number of QPI Links		0
Memory
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory size	128 GB	32 GB
Supported memory frequency	1866 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4, DDR3	DDR3 and DDR3L 1333/1600 at 1.5V
Maximum memory bandwidth		25.6 GB/s
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Package Size	37.5mm x 37.5mm	37.5mm x 37.5mm
Sockets supported	FCBGA1667	FCLGA1150
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	25 Watt
Thermal Solution		PCG 2013A
Peripherals
Integrated LAN
Max number of PCIe lanes	32	16
Number of USB ports	8
PCI Express revision	2.0/3.0	3.0
PCIe configurations	x4 x8 x16	1x16, 2x8, 1x8/2x4
Scalability	1S Only	1S Only
Total number of SATA ports	6
UART
USB revision	2.0/3.0
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Anti-Theft technology
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
General-Purpose Input/Output (GPIO)
Idle States
Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX2	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Thermal Monitoring
Intel® Fast Memory Access
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)