FX-4350 vs Xeon E5630

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5630 and FX-4350 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1681	1784
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.26	0.73
Market segment	Server	Desktop processor
Architecture codename	Westmere-EP (2010−2011)	Vishera (2012−2015)
Release date	16 March 2010 (14 years ago)	29 April 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$73	no data
Current price	$73 (1x MSRP)	$92

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

FX-4350 has 181% better value for money than Xeon E5630.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5630 and FX-4350 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	4 (Quad-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	8	4
Base clock speed	2.53 GHz	4.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.8 GHz	4.3 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	no data
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	4096 KB
L3 cache	12 MB (shared)	no data
Chip lithography	32 nm	32 nm
Die size	239 mm2	315 mm2
Maximum core temperature	78 °C	61 °C
Number of transistors	1,170 million	1,200 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	Yes
P0 Vcore voltage	no data	Min: 1.275 V - Max: 1.4 V

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5630 and FX-4350 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	FCLGA1366,LGA1366	AM3+
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	125 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5630 and FX-4350. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2	no data
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	no data	+
AVX	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	1.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
PAE	40 Bit	no data
Status	Discontinued	no data

Security technologies

Xeon E5630 and FX-4350 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 E5630 and FX-4350 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5630 and FX-4350. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3
Maximum memory size	288 GB	no data
Max memory channels	3	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5630 and FX-4350.

PCIe version

2.0

n/a

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.

Xeon E5630 outperforms FX-4350 by 14% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	2.45	2.14
Recency	16 March 2010	29 April 2013
Threads	8	4
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	125 Watt

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