Intel Xeon E3-1240L v3 vs Intel Xeon E5-2692 v2

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E3-1240L v3 and Intel Xeon E5-2692 v2 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 Xeon E3-1240L v3

Intel Xeon E5-2692 v2

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E3-1240L v3

Around 36% higher clock speed: 3.00 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
4x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 100 Watt
Around 11% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1745 vs 1571

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.00 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 100 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1745 vs 1571

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2692 v2

8 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 4
2.1x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 12119 vs 5651

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	12 vs 4
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	12119 vs 5651

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E3-1240L v3
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2692 v2

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1745

1571

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

5651

12119

Name	Intel Xeon E3-1240L v3	Intel Xeon E5-2692 v2
PassMark - Single thread mark	1745	1571
PassMark - CPU mark	5651	12119

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E3-1240L v3	Intel Xeon E5-2692 v2
Essentials
Architecture codename	Haswell	Ivy Bridge EP
Launch date	Q2'14	September 2013
Place in performance rating	1448	1453
Processor Number	E3-1240LV3
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E3 v3 Family
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.00 GHz
Bus Speed	5 GT/s DMI2
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	22 nm
Maximum frequency	3.00 GHz	2.2 GHz
Number of cores	4	12
Number of QPI Links	0
Number of threads	8
Die size		160 mm
L1 cache		64 KB (per core)
L2 cache		256 KB (per core)
L3 cache		30720 KB (shared)
Transistor count		1400 million
Memory
Max memory channels	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size	32 GB
Supported memory types	DDR3 and DDR3L 1333/1600 at 1.5V	DDR3
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	2
Package Size	37.5mm x 37.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA1150	2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	100 Watt
Thermal Solution	PCG 2013A
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	16
PCI Express revision	3.0
PCIe configurations	1x16, 2x8, 1x8/2x4
Scalability	1S Only
Security & Reliability
Anti-Theft technology
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Fast Memory Access
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)