Intel Xeon L5408: specs and benchmarks
Aggregate performance score
Xeon L5408 provides poor benchmark performance at 1.10% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.
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Summary
Intel started Xeon L5408 sales 27 February 2008. This is a Harpertown architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 4 cores and 4 threads, and is based on 45 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 133 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is Intel Socket 771 processor with a TDP of 40 Watt and a maximum temperature of 87 °C. It supports DDR2, DDR3 Depends on motherboard memory.
Primary details
Xeon L5408 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in the ranking | 2548 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Server | |
| Power efficiency | 2.64 | of 100.00 (Ryzen Z1 Extreme) |
| Designer | Intel | |
| Manufacturer | Intel | |
| Architecture codename | Harpertown (2007−2008) | |
| Release date | 27 February 2008 (17 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 4 (Quad-Core) | |
| Threads | 4 | |
| Base clock speed | 2.133 GHz | of 4.7 GHz (FX-9590) |
| Boost clock speed | 0.13 GHz | of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS) |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | of 80 KB (EPYC 9965) |
| L2 cache | 6 MB (per die) | of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P) |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | of 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| Die size | 2x 107 mm2 | |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 87 °C | of 105 °C (Core i7-5950HQ) |
| Number of transistors | 820 million | of 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X) |
| 64 bit support | + |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon L5408 compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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 | of 8 (Opteron 842) |
| Socket | 771 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 40 Watt | of 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Xeon L5408. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + |
Security technologies
Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
| VT-x | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Xeon L5408's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR2, DDR3 Depends on motherboard |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of a GPU integrated into Xeon L5408.
| Integrated graphics card | N/A |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | of 5.0 (Core i9-12900K) |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Xeon L5408. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
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AMD equivalent
According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Xeon L5408 is Opteron X2170, which is faster by 8% and higher by 63 positions in our ranking.
Here are some closest AMD rivals to Xeon L5408:
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