Pentium D 955 EE vs Xeon E5-2430L

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2430L and Pentium D 955 EE processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1526	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Desktop processor
Power efficiency	5.50	no data
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge-EN (2012)	Presler (2005−2007)
Release date	14 May 2012 (12 years ago)	January 2006 (18 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2430L and Pentium D 955 EE basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	6 (Hexa-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	12	4
Base clock speed	2 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	2.5 GHz	3.46 GHz
Bus rate	7.2 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	28 KB
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	4 MB
L3 cache	15360 KB (shared)	0 KB
Chip lithography	32 nm	65 nm
Die size	294 mm2	140 mm2
Number of transistors	1,270 million	376 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2430L and Pentium D 955 EE compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	2	2
Socket	FCLGA1356	775
Power consumption (TDP)	60 Watt	130 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2430L and Pentium D 955 EE. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX	no data
AES-NI	+	-
AVX	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2430L and Pentium D 955 EE technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2430L and Pentium D 955 EE are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	no data
EPT	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2430L and Pentium D 955 EE. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR1, DDR2, DDR3
Maximum memory size	384 GB	no data
Max memory channels	3	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	32 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2430L and Pentium D 955 EE.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	24	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	6	2
Threads	12	4
Chip lithography	32 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	60 Watt	130 Watt

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