Xeon E-2436 vs E5-2630L

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2630L and Xeon E-2436 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1570	513
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	98.20
Market segment	Server	Server
Power efficiency	5.26	20.62
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge-EP (2012)	Raptor Lake-S (2023−2024)
Release date	6 March 2012 (12 years ago)	14 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$331

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2630L and Xeon E-2436 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)	6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads	12	12
Base clock speed	2 GHz	2.9 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.5 GHz	5 GHz
Bus rate	7.2 GT/s	16 GT/s
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	80 KB (per core)
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache	15360 KB (shared)	18 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	32 nm	Intel 7 nm
Die size	435 mm2	163 mm2
Maximum core temperature	70 °C	100 °C
Number of transistors	2,270 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2630L and Xeon E-2436 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	1
Socket	FCLGA2011	FCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)	60 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2630L and Xeon E-2436. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	2
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Flex Memory Access	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	-

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2630L and Xeon E-2436 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	no data	+
OS Guard	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2630L and Xeon E-2436 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2630L and Xeon E-2436. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR5-4800
Maximum memory size	384 GB	128 GB
Max memory channels	4	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	42.6 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

N/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2630L and Xeon E-2436.

PCIe version	3.0	5
PCI Express lanes	40	16

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	3.40	14.43
Recency	6 March 2012	14 December 2023
Power consumption (TDP)	60 Watt	65 Watt

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