Xeon L3360 vs E5440

General info

Comparing Xeon E5440 and Xeon L3360 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2001	2008
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	0.38	1.65
Market segment	Server	Server
Release date	1 January 2008 (16 years ago)	1 January 2009 (15 years ago)
Current price	$113	$92

Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon L3360 has 334% better value for money than Xeon E5440.

Technical specs

Xeon E5440 and Xeon L3360 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.

Base clock speed	2.83 GHz	2.83 GHz
L3 cache	12 MB L2 Cache	12 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography	45 nm	45 nm
Maximum core temperature	67 °C	76 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No
VID voltage range	0.85V-1.35V	0.85V-1.3625V

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5440 and Xeon L3360 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.

Socket	LGA771	LGA775
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5440 and Xeon L3360. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	-
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
FSB parity	+	no data
Status	Discontinued	Discontinued

Security technologies

Xeon E5440 and Xeon L3360 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	no data
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5440 and Xeon L3360 are enumerated here.

VT-x	+	+
EPT	-	no data

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.

E5440 outperforms L3360 by 1% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Advantages and disadvantages

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Performance score	1.54	1.52
Recency	1 January 2008	1 January 2009
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	65 Watt

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