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Intel Xeon E5-2430
CPUBoss recommends the Intel Xeon E5-2430 based on its single-core performance and value.
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Released May, 2012
Intel Xeon E5-2430L
- 2 GHz
- Hexa core
4.9 Out of 10
Reasons to buy the Intel Xeon E5-2430L
 | Significantly lower typical power consumption 48.75W | | Significantly lower annual commercial energy cost 52.56 $/year |
| | Significantly lower annual home energy cost 14.45 $/year |
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Released May, 2012
Intel Xeon E5-2430
- 2.2 GHz
- Hexa core
5.3 Out of 10
Reasons to buy the E5-2430
| | Significantly higher clock speed 2.2 GHz | | Much better performance per watt 7.36 pt/W |
| | Much better performance per dollar 1.22 pt/$ | | Higher turbo clock speed 2.7 GHz |
CPUBoss Review Our evaluation of E5-2430L vs E5-2430 among all CPUs
Performance | |
Benchmark performance using all cores | |
| PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated, PassMark and 1 more | |
Single-core Performance | |
Individual core benchmark performance | |
| PassMark (Single Core), Geekbench 3 Single Core and 1 more | |
Integrated Graphics | |
Integrated GPU performance for graphics | |
| Sky Diver and Cloud Gate | |
Integrated Graphics (OpenCL) | |
Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 4 more | |
Performance per Watt | |
How efficiently does the processor use electricity? | |
| Sky Diver, Cloud Gate, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more | |
Value | |
Are you paying a premium for performance? | |
| Sky Diver, Cloud Gate, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more | |
| 5.3 | CPUBoss Score |
Combination of all six facets | |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Significantly lower typical power consumption | 48.75W | vs | 77.19W | More than 35% lower typical power consumption | |||
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| Significantly lower annual commercial energy cost | 52.56 $/year | vs | 83.22 $/year | More than 35% lower annual commercial energy cost | |||
| Significantly lower annual home energy cost | 14.45 $/year | vs | 22.89 $/year | More than 35% lower annual home energy cost | |||
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| Significantly higher clock speed | 2.2 GHz | vs | 2 GHz | More than 10% higher clock speed | |||
| Much better performance per watt | 7.36 pt/W | vs | 2.89 pt/W | More than 2.5x better performance per watt | |||
| Much better performance per dollar | 1.22 pt/$ | vs | 0.26 pt/$ | Around 4.8x better performance per dollar | |||
| Higher turbo clock speed | 2.7 GHz | vs | 2.5 GHz | Around 10% higher turbo clock speed | |||
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Benchmarks Real world tests of Xeon E5-2430L vs E5-2430
PassMark Data courtesy Passmark
PassMark (Single Core)
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Xeon E5-2430L | vs | E5-2430 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clock speed | 2 GHz | 2.2 GHz | |
| Turbo clock speed | 2.5 GHz | 2.7 GHz | |
| Cores | Hexa core | Hexa core | |
features | |||
| Has a NX bit | Yes | Yes | |
| Supports trusted computing | Yes | Yes | |
| Has virtualization support | Yes | Yes | |
| Instruction set extensions | |||
| SSE2 | |||
| MMX | |||
| AVX | |||
| SSE3 | |||
| SSE | |||
| SSE4.1 | |||
| SSE4.2 | |||
| Supplemental SSE3 | |||
| AES | |||
| Supports dynamic frequency scaling | Yes | Yes | |
power consumption | |||
| TDP | 60W | 95W | |
| Annual home energy cost | 14.45 $/year | 22.89 $/year | |
| Annual commercial energy cost | 52.56 $/year | 83.22 $/year | |
| Performance per watt | 2.89 pt/W | 7.36 pt/W | |
| Typical power consumption | 48.75W | 77.19W | |
bus | |||
| Architecture | QPI | QPI | |
| Number of links | 1 | 1 | |
| Data rate | 28,800 MB/s | 28,800 MB/s | |
| Transfer rate | 7,200 MT/s | 7,200 MT/s | |
| Clock speed | 3,600 MHz | 3,600 MHz | |
details | Xeon E5-2430L | vs | E5-2430 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architecture | x86-64 | x86-64 | |
| Threads | 12 | 12 | |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 2 MB | |
| L2 cache per core | 0.33 MB/core | 0.33 MB/core | |
| L3 cache | 15 MB | 15 MB | |
| L3 cache per core | 2.5 MB/core | 2.5 MB/core | |
| Manufacture process | 32 nm | 32 nm | |
| Max CPUs | 2 | 2 | |
| Voltage range | 0.6 - 1.35V | 0.6 - 1.35V | |
integrated graphics | |||
| GPU | None | None | |
| Label | N/A | N/A | |
| Latest DirectX | N/A | N/A | |
| Number of displays supported | N/A | N/A | |
| GPU clock speed | N/A | N/A | |
| Turbo clock speed | N/A | N/A | |
| 3DMark06 | N/A | N/A | |
memory controller | |||
| Memory controller | Built-in | Built-in | |
| Memory type | |||
| DDR3-1333 | |||
| DDR3-1066 | |||
| DDR3-800 | |||
| DDR3 | |||
| Channels | Triple Channel | Triple Channel | |
| Supports ECC | Yes | Yes | |
| Maximum bandwidth | 31,999.98 MB/s | 31,999.98 MB/s | |
| Maximum memory size | 393,216 MB | 393,216 MB | |
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