Intel Atom Z2460 vs Intel Xeon Gold 6240M

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Intel Atom Z2460 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Xeon Gold 6240M
Intel Atom Z2460 Intel Xeon Gold 6240M

CPU comparison

Intel Atom Z2460 or Intel Xeon Gold 6240M - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The Intel Atom Z2460 has 1 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.60 GHz. Up to 2 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Atom Z2460 was released in Q2/2012.

The Intel Xeon Gold 6240M has 18 cores with 36 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.90 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 6 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Gold 6240M was released in Q2/2019.
Intel Atom (108) Family Intel Xeon Gold (163)
Intel Atom Z2400/Z2600 (2) CPU group Intel Xeon Gold 5200/6200 (55)
3 Generation 2
Penwell Architecture Cascade Lake
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Atom Z2460 has 1 CPU cores and can calculate 2 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Atom Z2460 is 1.60 GHz while the Intel Xeon Gold 6240M has 18 CPU cores and 36 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon Gold 6240M is at 2.60 GHz (3.90 GHz).

Intel Atom Z2460 Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6240M
1 Cores 18
2 Threads 36
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
1.60 GHz Frequency 2.60 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.90 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 3.20 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

Intel Atom Z2460 Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6240M
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Intel Atom Z2460 or Intel Xeon Gold 6240M has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

PowerVR SGX540 GPU no iGPU
0.40 GHz GPU frequency --
-- GPU (Turbo) --
-- GPU Generation --
45nm Technology
1 Max. displays
1 Compute units --
-- Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory --
10.1 DirectX Version --

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

PowerVR SGX540 GPU no iGPU
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
No Codec h264 No
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC No
No Codec VC-1 No
No Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Atom Z2460 can use up to 2 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 6.4 GB/s. The Intel Xeon Gold 6240M supports up to GB of memory in 6 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 140.7 GB/s.

Intel Atom Z2460 Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6240M
LPDDR2-800 Memory DDR4-2933
2 GB Max. Memory
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 6 (Hexa Channel)
6.4 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 140.7 GB/s
No ECC Yes
0.50 MB L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 24.75 MB
-- PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 48
-- PCIe Bandwidth 47.3 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Atom Z2460 is 3 W, while the Intel Xeon Gold 6240M has a TDP of 150 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Atom Z2460 Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6240M
3 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 150 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
90 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Atom Z2460 is manufactured in 32 nm and has 0.50 MB cache. The Intel Xeon Gold 6240M is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 24.75 MB cache.

Intel Atom Z2460 Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6240M
32 nm Technology 14 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
MMX, SSE3, SSSE3 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
BGA 617 Socket LGA 3647
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q2/2012 Release date Q2/2019
-- Release price 5448 $
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iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Intel Atom Z2460 Intel Atom Z2460
PowerVR SGX540 @ 0.40 GHz
6 (100%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6240M Intel Xeon Gold 6240M
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

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