Xeon L5430 vs L3360

General info

Comparing Xeon L3360 and Xeon L5430 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2015	2056
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	1.65	0.13
Market segment	Server	Server
Release date	1 January 2009 (15 years ago)	1 July 2008 (15 years ago)
Current price	$92	$75

Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon L3360 has 1169% better value for money than Xeon L5430.

Technical specs

Xeon L3360 and Xeon L5430 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	2.66 GHz
L3 cache	12 MB L2 Cache	12 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography	45 nm	45 nm
Maximum core temperature	76 °C	57 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No
VID voltage range	0.85V-1.3625V	0.85V-1.35V

Compatibility

Information on Xeon L3360 and Xeon L5430 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	LGA775	LGA771
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	50 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon L3360 and Xeon L5430. 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 L3360 and Xeon L5430 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 L3360 and Xeon L5430 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.

L3360 outperforms L5430 by 4% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Advantages and disadvantages

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Performance score	1.52	1.46
Recency	1 January 2009	1 July 2008
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	50 Watt

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