Intel Xeon MP E7540 - AT80604004878AA / BX80604E7540

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Intel Xeon E7540 specifications

General information

Type

CPU / Microprocessor

Market segment

Server

Family

Intel Xeon 7500

Model number ?

E7540

CPU part numbers

AT80604004878AA is an OEM/tray microprocessor
BX80604E7540 is a boxed microprocessor

Frequency ?

2000 MHz

Turbo frequency

2267 MHz (2 cores)
2133 MHz (6 cores)

Bus speed ?

6.4 GT/s QPI (3200 MHz)

Package

1567-land Flip-Chip Land Grid Array (FC-LGA8)

Socket

Socket 1567 (LGA1567)

Introduction date

Mar 30, 2010

Price at introduction

$1980

S-spec numbers

	ES/QS processors		Production processors
Part number	Q3K4	Q3XB	SLBRG
AT80604004878AA	+	+	+
BX80604E7540			+

Architecture / Microarchitecture

Microarchitecture

Nehalem

Platform

Boxboro-EX

Processor core ?

Beckton

Core stepping ?

D0 (SLBRG)

CPUID

206E6 (SLBRG)

Manufacturing process

0.045 micron

Data width

64 bit

The number of cores

The number of threads

Floating Point Unit

Integrated

Level 1 cache size ?

6 x 32 KB instruction caches
6 x 32 KB data caches

Level 2 cache size ?

6 x 256 KB

Level 3 cache size

18 MB

Multiprocessing

Up to 8 processors

Features

MMX instructions
SSE / Streaming SIMD Extensions
SSE2 / Streaming SIMD Extensions 2
SSE3 / Streaming SIMD Extensions 3
SSSE3 / Supplemental Streaming SIMD Extensions 3
SSE4 / SSE4.1 + SSE4.2 / Streaming SIMD Extensions 4 ?
EM64T / Extended Memory 64 technology / Intel 64 ?
VT-x / Virtualization technology ?
VT-d / Virtualization for directed I/O
NX / XD / Execute disable bit ?
RAS with Machine Check Architecture recovery
HT / Hyper-Threading technology ?
TBT / Turbo Boost technology ?

Low power features

Enhanced SpeedStep technology ?

On-chip peripherals

2 integrated DDR3 SDRAM memory controllers with 2 dual-channel Scalable Memory Interfaces per controller
Quick Path Interconnect (4 links)
PCI Express 2.0 interface

Electrical / Thermal parameters

V core ?

0.675V - 1.35V

Maximum operating temperature ?

64°C

Thermal Design Power ?

105 Watt

CPUs, related to Intel Xeon E7540

Model Cores /
Threads Freq. Turbo
freq. L3
cache Multi-
processing TDP Features Price

Intel Xeon 7500 family, Socket 1567

   Xeon E7520 4 / 8 1.86 GHz 18 MB 4 95 Watt HT, TBT

   Xeon E7530 6 / 12 1.86 GHz 2.13 GHz 12 MB 4 105 Watt HT, TBT

   Xeon E7540 6 / 12 2 GHz 2.26 GHz 18 MB 8 105 Watt HT, TBT

   Xeon L7545 6 / 12 1.86 GHz 2.53 GHz 18 MB 8 95 Watt HT, TBT

   Xeon X7542 6 / 6 2.66 GHz 2.8 GHz 18 MB 8 130 Watt HT, TBT

   Xeon X7550 8 / 16 2 GHz 2.4 GHz 18 MB 8 130 Watt HT, TBT

   Xeon L7555 8 / 16 1.86 GHz 2.53 GHz 24 MB 8 95 Watt HT, TBT

   Xeon X7560 8 / 16 2.26 GHz 2.66 GHz 24 MB 8 130 Watt HT, TBT

Other families, Nehalem micro-architecture, Socket 1567

   Xeon E7-2850 10 / 20 2 GHz 2.4 GHz 24 MB 2 130 Watt AES, HT, TXT, TBT $2558

   Xeon E7-4850 10 / 20 2 GHz 2.4 GHz 24 MB 4 130 Watt AES, HT, TXT, TBT $2837

   Xeon E7-8850 10 / 20 2 GHz 2.4 GHz 24 MB 8 130 Watt AES, HT, TXT, TBT $3059

   Xeon E7-8867L 10 / 20 2.13 GHz 2.53 GHz 30 MB 8 105 Watt AES, HT, TXT, TBT $4172

   Xeon E7-2860 10 / 20 2.26 GHz 2.66 GHz 24 MB 2 130 Watt AES, HT, TXT, TBT $3670

   Xeon E7-4860 10 / 20 2.26 GHz 2.66 GHz 24 MB 4 130 Watt AES, HT, TXT, TBT $3838

   Xeon E7-8860 10 / 20 2.26 GHz 2.66 GHz 24 MB 8 130 Watt AES, HT, TXT, TBT $4061

   Xeon E7-2870 10 / 20 2.4 GHz 2.8 GHz 30 MB 2 130 Watt AES, HT, TXT, TBT $4227

   Xeon E7-4870 10 / 20 2.4 GHz 2.8 GHz 30 MB 4 130 Watt AES, HT, TXT, TBT $4394

   Xeon E7-8870 10 / 20 2.4 GHz 2.8 GHz 30 MB 8 130 Watt AES, HT, TXT, TBT $4616

• Highlighted numbers and features indicate whether specific processor performs better or worse than Xeon E7540

• Within each category, the CPUs are sorted from slower (at the top) to faster (at the bottom)

• The 'Price' column shows official Intel prices as of Apr 21, 2013. Prices for obsolete and tray-only processors are not provided.

• List of related CPUs is not complete.

• Features abbreviations:

AES - AES instructions
HT - Hyper-Threading
TXT - Trusted Execution
TBT - Dynamic Acceleration / Turbo Boost

FAQ

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Intel E7540 Overclocking

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