Xeon Gold 6328HL vs E5630

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5630 and Xeon Gold 6328HL processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1684	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.15	no data
Market segment	Server	Server
Architecture codename	Westmere-EP (2010−2011)	Cooper Lake-SP (2021)
Release date	16 March 2010 (14 years ago)	6 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$73	no data
Current price	$118 (1.6x MSRP)	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5630 and Xeon Gold 6328HL 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)	16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads	8	32
Base clock speed	2.53 GHz	2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.8 GHz	4.3 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	64K (per core)
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	12 MB (shared)	22 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Die size	239 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	78 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,170 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5630 and Xeon Gold 6328HL 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	4
Socket	FCLGA1366,LGA1366	FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	165 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5630 and Xeon Gold 6328HL. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	no data	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	1.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	no data	+
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
PAE	40 Bit	no data
Status	Discontinued	Launched

Security technologies

Xeon E5630 and Xeon Gold 6328HL technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5630 and Xeon Gold 6328HL are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5630 and Xeon Gold 6328HL. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4 RDIMM
Maximum memory size	288 GB	4.5 TB
Max memory channels	3	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5630 and Xeon Gold 6328HL.

PCIe version	2.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	48

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	16 March 2010	6 April 2021
Physical cores	4	16
Threads	8	32
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	165 Watt

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