Processors

Xeon E5540

About Intel Xeon E5540

Intel Xeon E5540 is processor manufactured by Intel and launched in Q3 2009 . It's using LGA1366 socket. It has 4 cores and 8 threads with clock of 2.5 GHz that can turbo clock itself to 2.8 GHz . This processor is used in Server devices and can consume up to 80 watts of power .

Component specifications

Server
Used in

Intel
Factory

LGA1366
Socket

Q3 2009
Launched

2.5 GHz
Clock

2.8 GHz
Turbo Clock

4
Cores

8
Threads

80 W
Thermal Design Power (TDP)

Overall Score 36714

Benchmark Score 1817

Single Thread Score 1195.8

Future Proof 14%

Predicted component performance

3884.5 MB/s
Encrypting Data

61 MB/s
Compressing Data

7833.4 thousand/s
String objects sorting

19.8 millions/s
Prime numbers generation

15010 millions/s
Mathemathic operations (integer)

6404.5 millions/s
Mathemathic operations (float)

Compatible graphic cards

Graphic cards that best works with Xeon E5540 on 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) resolution in general tasks.

	GeForce GTX 660	Desktop Used in	Q3 2012 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	980 MHz Core Clock	3072 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		980 MHz Core Clock	3072 MB Memory	140 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	GeForce GTX 750 Ti	Desktop Used in	Q1 2014 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1020 MHz Core Clock	4096 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1020 MHz Core Clock	4096 MB Memory	60 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Radeon HD 7850	Desktop Used in	Q2 2012 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	860 MHz Core Clock	2048 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		860 MHz Core Clock	2048 MB Memory	130 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	GeForce GTX 570	Desktop Used in	Q3 2012 Launched	PCIe 2.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	732 MHz Core Clock	2560 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		732 MHz Core Clock	2560 MB Memory	219 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Radeon RX 560	Desktop Used in	Q1 2017 Launched		1175 MHz Core Clock	4096 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1175 MHz Core Clock	4096 MB Memory	80 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Radeon RX Vega M GL	Desktop Used in	Q1 2018 Launched				Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation
	Radeon Pro WX 4100	Desktop Used in	Q1 2017 Launched		1125 MHz Core Clock	4096 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1125 MHz Core Clock	4096 MB Memory	50 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	GeForce GTX 750	Desktop Used in	Q1 2014 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1020 MHz Core Clock	2048 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1020 MHz Core Clock	2048 MB Memory	55 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	GeForce GTX 590	Desktop Used in	Q1 2011 Launched	PCIe 2.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	607 MHz Core Clock	3072 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		607 MHz Core Clock	3072 MB Memory	365 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	GeForce GTX 650 Ti BOOST	Desktop Used in	Q2 2013 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	980 MHz Core Clock	2048 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		980 MHz Core Clock	2048 MB Memory	134 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	GeForce GTX 560 Ti	Desktop Used in	Q3 2012 Launched	PCIe 2.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	822 MHz Core Clock	2048 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		822 MHz Core Clock	2048 MB Memory	170 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Radeon HD 7790	Desktop Used in	Q2 2013 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1000 MHz Core Clock	2048 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1000 MHz Core Clock	2048 MB Memory	85 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Radeon R7 360	Desktop Used in	Q2 2015 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1050 MHz Core Clock	2048 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1050 MHz Core Clock	2048 MB Memory	100 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	GeForce GTX 470	Desktop Used in	Q3 2012 Launched	PCIe 2.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	607 MHz Core Clock	1280 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		607 MHz Core Clock	1280 MB Memory	215 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Radeon R7 260X	Desktop Used in	Q4 2013 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1100 MHz Core Clock	2048 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1100 MHz Core Clock	2048 MB Memory	115 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Radeon RX 560X	Desktop Used in	Q3 2018 Launched		1175 MHz Core Clock	4096 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1175 MHz Core Clock	4096 MB Memory	75 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Radeon HD 6970	Desktop Used in	Q3 2012 Launched	PCIe 2.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	880 MHz Core Clock	2048 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		880 MHz Core Clock	2048 MB Memory	250 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Radeon R7 260	Desktop Used in	Q3 2014 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1000 MHz Core Clock	1024 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1000 MHz Core Clock	1024 MB Memory	95 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Radeon HD 6990	Desktop Used in	Q1 2011 Launched	PCIe 2.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	830 MHz Core Clock	2048 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		830 MHz Core Clock	2048 MB Memory	375 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Radeon R9 360	Desktop Used in	Q4 2015 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1000 MHz Core Clock	2048 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1000 MHz Core Clock	2048 MB Memory	85 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Radeon RX 550	Desktop Used in	Q2 2017 Launched		1100 MHz Core Clock	4096 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1100 MHz Core Clock	4096 MB Memory	50 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	GeForce GTX 560	Desktop Used in	Q3 2012 Launched	PCIe 2.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	810 MHz Core Clock	1024 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		810 MHz Core Clock	1024 MB Memory	150 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	GeForce GTX 465	Desktop Used in	Q3 2012 Launched	PCIe 2.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	607 MHz Core Clock	1024 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		607 MHz Core Clock	1024 MB Memory	200 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Radeon HD 8950	Desktop Used in	Q3 2014 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	850 MHz Core Clock	3072 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		850 MHz Core Clock	3072 MB Memory	225 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	GeForce GT 1030	Desktop Used in	Q2 2017 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x4 Motherboard Bus	1227 MHz Core Clock	2048 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1227 MHz Core Clock	2048 MB Memory	30 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Radeon HD 6950	Desktop Used in	Q3 2012 Launched	PCIe 2.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	800 MHz Core Clock	1024 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		800 MHz Core Clock	1024 MB Memory	200 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	GeForce GTX 650 Ti	Desktop Used in	Q4 2012 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	928 MHz Core Clock	2048 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		928 MHz Core Clock	2048 MB Memory	110 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Quadro K5000	Workstation Used in	Q4 2012 Launched	PCIe 2.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	706 MHz Core Clock	4096 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		706 MHz Core Clock	4096 MB Memory	122 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Quadro M2000	Workstation Used in	Q2 2016 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1180 MHz Core Clock	4096 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1180 MHz Core Clock	4096 MB Memory	75 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	GRID K520	Workstation Used in	Q4 2013 Launched				Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation
	Quadro K2200	Workstation Used in	Q3 2014 Launched	PCIe 2.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1000 MHz Core Clock	4096 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1000 MHz Core Clock	4096 MB Memory	68 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Quadro P620	Workstation Used in	Q2 2018 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1266 MHz Core Clock	2048 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1266 MHz Core Clock	2048 MB Memory	40 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Quadro P600	Workstation Used in	Q2 2017 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1354 MHz Core Clock	2048 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1354 MHz Core Clock	2048 MB Memory	40 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Quadro K5100M	Workstation Used in	Q1 2014 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	771 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		771 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	100 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Tesla C2070	Workstation Used in	Q2 2013 Launched	PCIe 2.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	575 MHz Core Clock	6144 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		575 MHz Core Clock	6144 MB Memory	238 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	FirePro W7170M	Workstation Used in	Q1 2016 Launched				Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation
	GRID K280Q	Workstation Used in	Q1 2015 Launched				Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation
	FirePro M6100 FireGL V	Workstation Used in	Q1 2017 Launched				Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation
	Quadro K1200	Workstation Used in	Q2 2015 Launched	PCIe 2.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1058 MHz Core Clock	4096 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1058 MHz Core Clock	4096 MB Memory	45 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	FirePro W5000	Workstation Used in	Q4 2012 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	825 MHz Core Clock	2048 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		825 MHz Core Clock	2048 MB Memory	75 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	FirePro W5100	Workstation Used in	Q4 2014 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	930 MHz Core Clock	4096 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		930 MHz Core Clock	4096 MB Memory	75 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Quadro 6000	Workstation Used in	Q4 2010 Launched	PCIe 2.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	574 MHz Core Clock	6144 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		574 MHz Core Clock	6144 MB Memory	204 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Quadro K4000	Workstation Used in	Q4 2012 Launched	PCIe 2.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	810 MHz Core Clock	3072 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		810 MHz Core Clock	3072 MB Memory	80 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	FirePro V9800	Workstation Used in	Q1 2016 Launched			4096 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation			4096 MB Memory	225 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Quadro K4100M	Workstation Used in	Q4 2013 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	706 MHz Core Clock	4096 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		706 MHz Core Clock	4096 MB Memory	100 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	GRID K2	Workstation Used in	Q3 2013 Launched				Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation
	Quadro K5000M	Workstation Used in	Q3 2012 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	706 MHz Core Clock	4096 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		706 MHz Core Clock	4096 MB Memory	100 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	FirePro W4300	Workstation Used in	Q1 2016 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	930 MHz Core Clock	4096 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		930 MHz Core Clock	4096 MB Memory	50 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Radeon Pro WX 3100	Workstation Used in	Q3 2017 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1219 MHz Core Clock	4096 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1219 MHz Core Clock	4096 MB Memory	50 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	FirePro 3D V8800	Workstation Used in	Q3 2010 Launched	PCIe 2.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	825 MHz Core Clock	2048 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		825 MHz Core Clock	2048 MB Memory	208 W Thermal Design Power TDP

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Average frames per second

Intel Xeon E5540 can run games with frames per second ranging from 63.5 FPS up to 158.7 FPS depending on game settings with 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) resolution.

On ultra settings this processor can achieve on average around 63.5 FPS
On high settings this processor can achieve on average around 101.6 FPS
On medium settings this processor can achieve on average around 127.0 FPS
On low settings this processor can achieve on average around 158.7 FPS

Grand Theft Auto V

Frames per second calculator

Game Grand Theft Auto V

Screen Resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p))

Processor Intel Xeon E5540

Number of frames per second for Intel Xeon E5540 processor in Grand Theft Auto V game with 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) resolution. When there isn't bottleneck in configuration, Intel Xeon E5540 can achieve from 91.9 FPS up to 344.9 FPS frames per second while running Grand Theft Auto V game.

On ultra settings Intel Xeon E5540 can achieve from 91.9 FPS up to 138.0 FPS , with average around 114.9 FPS .
On high settings Intel Xeon E5540 can achieve from 147.1 FPS up to 220.8 FPS , with average around 183.9 FPS .
On medium settings Intel Xeon E5540 can achieve from 183.9 FPS up to 276.0 FPS , with average around 229.9 FPS .
On low settings Intel Xeon E5540 can achieve from 229.9 FPS up to 344.9 FPS , with average around 287.3 FPS .

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	Xeon E5-2603 v2	Server Used in	Q4 2014 Launched	LGA2011 Socket	1.8 GHz Clock	4 Cores	Compare	80 W Thermal Design Power TDP

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	Xeon E5-2609	Server Used in	Q2 2012 Launched	LGA2011 Socket	2.4 GHz Clock	4 Cores	Compare	80 W Thermal Design Power TDP

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	Xeon X3450	Server Used in	Q4 2009 Launched	LGA1156 Socket	2.7 GHz Clock	4 Cores	Compare	95 W Thermal Design Power TDP

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	Xeon E5607	Server Used in	Q2 2011 Launched	LGA1366 Socket	2.3 GHz Clock	4 Cores	Compare	80 W Thermal Design Power TDP

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	Xeon E5530	Server Used in	Q2 2009 Launched	LGA1366 Socket	2.4 GHz Clock	4 Cores	Compare	80 W Thermal Design Power TDP

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	Xeon X5492	Server Used in	Q1 2008 Launched	LGA771 Socket	3.4 GHz Clock	4 Cores	Compare	150 W Thermal Design Power TDP

Compare		3.4 GHz Clock		4 Cores	4 Threads
	Xeon E5-2407	Server Used in	Q1 2012 Launched	LGA1356 Socket	2.2 GHz Clock	4 Cores	Compare	80 W Thermal Design Power TDP

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	Xeon X5470	Server Used in	Q1 2009 Launched	LGA771 Socket	3.3 GHz Clock	4 Cores	Compare	120 W Thermal Design Power TDP

Compare		3.3 GHz Clock		4 Cores	4 Threads

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Component specifications

Predicted component performance

Compatible graphic cards

GeForce GTX 660

GeForce GTX 750 Ti

Radeon HD 7850

GeForce GTX 570

Radeon RX 560

Radeon RX Vega M GL

Radeon Pro WX 4100

GeForce GTX 750

GeForce GTX 590

GeForce GTX 650 Ti BOOST

GeForce GTX 560 Ti

Radeon HD 7790

Radeon R7 360

GeForce GTX 470

Radeon R7 260X

Radeon RX 560X

Radeon HD 6970

Radeon R7 260

Radeon HD 6990

Radeon R9 360

Radeon RX 550

GeForce GTX 560

GeForce GTX 465

Radeon HD 8950

GeForce GT 1030

Radeon HD 6950

GeForce GTX 650 Ti

Quadro K5000

Quadro M2000

GRID K520

Quadro K2200

Quadro P620

Quadro P600

Quadro K5100M

Tesla C2070

FirePro W7170M

GRID K280Q

FirePro M6100 FireGL V

Quadro K1200

FirePro W5000

FirePro W5100

Quadro 6000

Quadro K4000

FirePro V9800

Quadro K4100M

GRID K2

Quadro K5000M

FirePro W4300

Radeon Pro WX 3100

FirePro 3D V8800

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