Xeon Gold 6430 vs L5630

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon L5630 and Xeon Gold 6430 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1968not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.13no data
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiency4.54no data
Architecture codenameWestmere-EP (2010−2011)Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release date16 March 2010 (14 years ago)10 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,100$2,138

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon L5630 and Xeon Gold 6430 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)32 (Dotriaconta-Core)
Threads864
Base clock speed2.13 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz3.4 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)80K (per core)
L2 cache256 KB (per core)2 MB (per core)
L3 cache12 MB (shared)60 MB
Chip lithography32 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size239 mm24x 477 mm2
Maximum core temperature63 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
Number of transistors1,170 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon L5630 and Xeon Gold 6430 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 configuration22
SocketFCLGA1366,LGA1366FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)40 Watt270 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon L5630 and Xeon Gold 6430. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology1.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX-+
Idle States+no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE40 Bitno data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon L5630 and Xeon Gold 6430 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon L5630 and Xeon Gold 6430 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon L5630 and Xeon Gold 6430. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR5-4400
Maximum memory size288 GB4 TB
Max memory channels38
Maximum memory bandwidth25.6 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon L5630 and Xeon Gold 6430.

PCIe version2.05.0
PCI Express lanesno data80

Pros & cons summary


Recency 16 March 2010 10 January 2023
Physical cores 4 32
Threads 8 64
Power consumption (TDP) 40 Watt 270 Watt

Xeon L5630 has 575% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6430, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 12 years, and 700% more physical cores and 700% more threads.

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