CPUBoss Review Our evaluation of L5630 vs E5-2630 among all CPUs

Performance

Benchmark performance using all cores
Xeon L5630
5.4
Xeon E5-2630
7.1
Xeon E5-2620
6.5
PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated, PassMark and 1 more

Single-core Performance

Individual core benchmark performance
Xeon L5630
5.1
Xeon E5-2630
8.4
Xeon E5-2620
7.7
PassMark (Single Core), Geekbench 3 Single Core and 1 more

Integrated Graphics

Integrated GPU performance for graphics
Xeon L5630
n.d.
Xeon E5-2630
n.d.
Xeon E5-2620
n.d.
Sky Diver and Cloud Gate

Integrated Graphics (OpenCL)

Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing
Xeon L5630
0.0
Xeon E5-2630
0.0
Xeon E5-2620
0.0
CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 4 more

Performance per Watt

How efficiently does the processor use electricity?
Xeon L5630
5.2
Xeon E5-2630
5.1
Xeon E5-2620
5.1
Sky Diver, Cloud Gate, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

Value

Are you paying a premium for performance?
Xeon L5630
n.d.
Xeon E5-2630
n.d.
Xeon E5-2620
n.d.
Sky Diver, Cloud Gate, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more
5.1

CPUBoss Score

Combination of all six facets
Xeon L5630
4.1
Xeon E5-2630
5.1
Xeon E5-2620
4.8

Winner
Intel Xeon E5-2630 

CPUBoss recommends the Intel Xeon E5-2630  based on its performance, single-core performance and value.

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Differences What are the advantages of each

Front view of Intel Xeon L5630

Reasons to consider the
Intel Xeon L5630

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Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) 3.66 GHz vs 2.55 GHz Around 45% better overclocked clock speed (Air)
Much lower typical power consumption 32.5W vs 77.19W 2.4x lower typical power consumption
More l3 cache per core 3 MB/core vs 2.5 MB/core 20% more l3 cache per core
Much better overclocked clock speed (Water) 3.48 GHz vs 2.74 GHz More than 25% better overclocked clock speed (Water)
Much lower annual commercial energy cost 35.04 $/year vs 83.22 $/year 2.4x lower annual commercial energy cost
Much lower annual home energy cost 9.64 $/year vs 22.89 $/year 2.4x lower annual home energy cost
Front view of Intel Xeon E5-2630

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Much more l2 cache 2 MB vs 1 MB 2x more l2 cache; more data can be stored in the l2 cache for quick access later
Much better PassMark score 8,634 vs 4,420 More than 95% better PassMark score
Much better PassMark (Single core) score 1,634 vs 943 Around 75% better PassMark (Single core) score
Significantly higher turbo clock speed 2.8 GHz vs 2.4 GHz More than 15% higher turbo clock speed
Higher clock speed 2.3 GHz vs 2.13 GHz Around 10% higher clock speed
Significantly more l3 cache 15 MB vs 12 MB 25% more l3 cache; more data can be stored in the l3 cache for quick access later
More cores 6 vs 4 2 more cores; run more applications at once
Much better performance per watt 8.05 pt/W vs 1.92 pt/W Around 4.2x better performance per watt
Much better performance per dollar 1.26 pt/$ vs 0.14 pt/$ More than 9x better performance per dollar
More threads 12 vs 8 4 more threads
Supports more RAM 393,216 MB vs 294,912 MB Supports around 35% more RAM
More l2 cache per core 0.33 MB/core vs 0.25 MB/core Around 35% more l2 cache per core
Newer Mar, 2012 vs Mar, 2010 Release date over 2 years later

Benchmarks Real world tests of Xeon L5630 vs E5-2630

GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Xeon L5630
953.5
Xeon E5-2630
18,000

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Xeon L5630
968.5
Xeon E5-2630
2,086

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Xeon L5630
51.5 MB/s
Xeon E5-2630
1,540,000 MB/s

PassMark Data courtesy Passmark

Xeon L5630
4,420
Xeon E5-2630
8,634

PassMark (Single Core)

Xeon L5630
943
Xeon E5-2630
1,634

Specifications Full list of technical specs

summary

 Xeon L5630  vs
E5-2630 
Clock speed 2.13 GHz 2.3 GHz
Turbo clock speed 2.4 GHz 2.8 GHz
Cores Quad core Hexa core
Socket type
LGA 1366
LGA 2011

features
Has a NX bit Yes Yes
Supports trusted computing Yes Yes
Has virtualization support Yes Yes
Instruction set extensions
SSE2
MMX
SSE4
AVX
SSE3
SSE
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
Supplemental SSE3
AES
Supports dynamic frequency scaling Yes Yes

power consumption
TDP 40W 95W
Annual home energy cost 9.64 $/year 22.89 $/year
Annual commercial energy cost 35.04 $/year 83.22 $/year
Performance per watt 1.92 pt/W 8.05 pt/W
Typical power consumption 32.5W 77.19W

memory controller
Memory controller Built-in Built-in
Memory type
DDR3-1333
DDR3-1066
DDR3-800
DDR3
Channels Triple Channel Quad Channel
Supports ECC Yes Yes
Maximum bandwidth 25,599.99 MB/s 42,666.64 MB/s
Maximum memory size 294,912 MB 393,216 MB

details

 Xeon L5630  vs
E5-2630 
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Threads 8 12
L2 cache 1 MB 2 MB
L2 cache per core 0.25 MB/core 0.33 MB/core
L3 cache 12 MB 15 MB
L3 cache per core 3 MB/core 2.5 MB/core
Manufacture process 32 nm 32 nm
Max CPUs 2 2
Clock multiplier 16 28
Voltage range 0.75 - 1.35V 0.6 - 1.35V
Operating temperature Unknown - 63.1°C Unknown - 77.4°C

overclocking
Overclock popularity 0 1
Overclocked clock speed 3.66 GHz 2.55 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water) 3.48 GHz 2.74 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Air) 3.66 GHz 2.55 GHz

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

bus
Architecture QPI QPI
Number of links 2 2
Data rate 46,928 MB/s 57,600 MB/s
Transfer rate 5,860 MT/s 7,200 MT/s
Clock speed 2,930 MHz 3,600 MHz
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