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The 8-core Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3 server/workstation CPU, which retailed for $939 MSRP, was introduced in September 2014. Using the Haswell-EP architecture and Socket 2011-3, it belongs to the Xeon E5 series. In a multi-processor (SMP) arrangement, up to two Xeon E5-2640 v3 CPUs can cooperate to significantly boost system performance. The baseline speed of the Xeon E5-2640 v3 is 2.6 GHz, however it may go to 3.4 GHz according on the workload. It also features 20 MB of L3 cache. Intel is employing 2,600 million transistors to create the Xeon E5-2640 v3 on a 22 nm manufacturing node. Its ability to overclock is limited since the multiplier is fixed on the Xeon E5-2640 v3.
A PCI-Express Gen 3 connector is used by the Xeon E5-2640 v3 to communicate with other parts of the machine. You may require a graphics card because this CPU does not have built-in graphics.
The Xeon E5-2640 v3 has hardware virtualisation, which significantly boosts virtual machine performance. Furthermore, PCI passthrough, or IOMMU virtualisation, is allowed, allowing guest virtual machines to utilise host hardware directly. Xeon E5-2640 can execute programs that use Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX), which improves speed for applications that require a lot of calculations.
