Core 2 Quad Q9500 vs Xeon L5530

Place in the ranking	2096	2210
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Desktop processor
Power efficiency	2.51	1.39
Architecture codename	Gainestown (2009−2010)	no data
Release date	9 August 2009 (15 years ago)	no data (2024 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon L5530 and Core 2 Quad Q9500 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	2.4 GHz	2.83 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.66 GHz	no data
Bus rate	no data	1333 MHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	no data
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	no data
L3 cache	8 MB (shared)	6 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography	45 nm	45 nm
Die size	263 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	70 °C	71 °C
Number of transistors	731 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	no data	0.85V-1.3625V

Compatibility

Information on Xeon L5530 and Core 2 Quad Q9500 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	no data
Socket	FCLGA1366	LGA775
Power consumption (TDP)	60 Watt	95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon L5530 and Core 2 Quad Q9500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	1.0	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	-
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
Demand Based Switching	+	-
PAE	40 Bit	no data

Security technologies

Xeon L5530 and Core 2 Quad Q9500 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	-
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon L5530 and Core 2 Quad Q9500 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon L5530 and Core 2 Quad Q9500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	no data
Maximum memory size	144 GB	no data
Max memory channels	3	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

N/A

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon L5530 and Core 2 Quad Q9500.

PCIe version

2.0

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.

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 L5530 1.59
+13.6%

Core 2 Quad Q9500 1.40

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.

Xeon L5530 2522
+13.4%

Core 2 Quad Q9500 2224