Xeon Gold 5403N vs E5-2630L v3

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2630L v3 and Xeon Gold 5403N processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1150	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Server
Power efficiency	9.42	no data
Architecture codename	Haswell-EP (2014−2015)	no data
Release date	8 September 2014 (10 years ago)	1 October 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2630L v3 and Xeon Gold 5403N 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	8 (Octa-Core)	12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads	16	24
Base clock speed	1.8 GHz	2 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.9 GHz	3.9 GHz
Bus rate	8 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	64K (per core)	no data
L2 cache	256K (per core)	no data
L3 cache	20 MB (shared)	22.5 MB
Chip lithography	22 nm	Intel 7 nm
Die size	356 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	60 °C	85 °C
Number of transistors	2,600 million	no data
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2630L v3 and Xeon Gold 5403N 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	no data
Socket	FCLGA2011	FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)	55 Watt	115 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2630L v3 and Xeon Gold 5403N. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX2	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512, Intel® AVX
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	-
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	-	+
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
PAE	46 Bit	no data
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2630L v3 and Xeon Gold 5403N technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	+	no data
SGX	no data	Yes with Intel® SPS
OS Guard	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2630L v3 and Xeon Gold 5403N are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	+
VT-x	+	+
EPT	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2630L v3 and Xeon Gold 5403N. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866	DDR5-4000
Maximum memory size	768 GB	4 TB
Max memory channels	4	8
Maximum memory bandwidth	59 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2630L v3 and Xeon Gold 5403N.

PCIe version	3.0	4
PCI Express lanes	40	48

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	8 September 2014	1 October 2023
Physical cores	8	12
Threads	16	24
Power consumption (TDP)	55 Watt	115 Watt

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