CPUBoss Review Our evaluation of L5630 vs E5-2670 among all CPUs

Performance

Benchmark performance using all cores
Xeon L5630
5.4
Xeon E5-2670
6.6
Xeon X5670
6.4
PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated, PassMark and 1 more

Single-core Performance

Individual core benchmark performance
Xeon L5630
5.6
Xeon E5-2670
7.3
Xeon X5670
7.1
PassMark (Single Core), Geekbench 3 Single Core and 1 more

Integrated Graphics

Integrated GPU performance for graphics
Xeon L5630
0.0
Xeon E5-2670
0.0
Xeon X5670
0.0
Sky Diver and Cloud Gate

Integrated Graphics (OpenCL)

Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing
Xeon L5630
0.0
Xeon E5-2670
0.0
Xeon X5670
0.0
CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 4 more

Performance per Watt

How efficiently does the processor use electricity?
Xeon L5630
5.1
Xeon E5-2670
5.0
Xeon X5670
5.0
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 E5-2670
n.d.
Xeon X5670
n.d.
Sky Diver, Cloud Gate, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more
5.4

CPUBoss Score

Combination of all six facets
Xeon L5630
5.1
Xeon E5-2670
5.4
Xeon X5670
5.3

Winner
Intel Xeon E5-2670 

CPUBoss recommends the Intel Xeon E5-2670  based on its performance, single-core performance and value.

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Intel Xeon L5630

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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 lower typical power consumption 32.5W vs 93.44W 2.9x lower typical power consumption
Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) 3.66 GHz vs 3.13 GHz More than 15% better overclocked clock speed (Air)
More l3 cache per core 3 MB/core vs 2.5 MB/core 20% more l3 cache per core
Much lower annual commercial energy cost 35.04 $/year vs 100.74 $/year 2.9x lower annual commercial energy cost
Much lower annual home energy cost 9.64 $/year vs 27.7 $/year 2.9x lower annual home energy cost
Much better overclocked clock speed (Water) 3.48 GHz vs 3.08 GHz Around 15% better overclocked clock speed (Water)
Front view of Intel Xeon E5-2670

Reasons to consider the
Intel Xeon E5-2670

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Much higher clock speed 2.6 GHz vs 2.13 GHz More than 20% higher clock speed
Much higher turbo clock speed 3.3 GHz vs 2.4 GHz Around 40% higher turbo clock speed
Much more l3 cache 20 MB vs 12 MB More than 65% more l3 cache; more data can be stored in the l3 cache for quick access later
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 12,270 vs 4,420 More than 2.8x better PassMark score
Much better PassMark (Single core) score 1,590 vs 943 Around 70% better PassMark (Single core) score
More cores 8 vs 4 Twice as many cores; run more applications at once
Much better performance per watt 7.31 pt/W vs 1.92 pt/W More than 3.8x better performance per watt
More threads 16 vs 8 Twice as many threads
Much higher Maximum operating temperature 80 °C vs 63.1 °C More than 25% higher Maximum operating temperature
Supports more RAM 393,216 MB vs 294,912 MB Supports around 35% more RAM
Newer Mar, 2012 vs Mar, 2010 Release date over 2 years later

Benchmarks Real world tests of Xeon L5630 vs E5-2670

GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Xeon L5630
953.5
Xeon E5-2670
14,255

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Xeon L5630
968.5
Xeon E5-2670
2,209

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Xeon L5630
51.5 MB/s
Xeon E5-2670
1,740,000 MB/s

PassMark Data courtesy Passmark

Xeon L5630
4,420
Xeon E5-2670
12,270

PassMark (Single Core)

Xeon L5630
943
Xeon E5-2670
1,590

Specifications Full list of technical specs

summary

 Xeon L5630  vs
E5-2670 
Clock speed 2.13 GHz 2.6 GHz
Turbo clock speed 2.4 GHz 3.3 GHz
Cores Quad core Octa 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 115W
Annual home energy cost 9.64 $/year 27.7 $/year
Annual commercial energy cost 35.04 $/year 100.74 $/year
Performance per watt 1.92 pt/W 7.31 pt/W
Typical power consumption 32.5W 93.44W

memory controller
Memory controller Built-in Built-in
Memory type
DDR3-1600
DDR3-1333
DDR3-1066
DDR3
DDR3-800
Channels Triple Channel Quad Channel
Supports ECC Yes Yes
Maximum bandwidth 25,599.99 MB/s 51,200 MB/s
Maximum memory size 294,912 MB 393,216 MB

details

 Xeon L5630  vs
E5-2670 
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Threads 8 16
L2 cache 1 MB 2 MB
L2 cache per core 0.25 MB/core 0.25 MB/core
L3 cache 12 MB 20 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 33
Voltage range 0.75 - 1.35V 0.6 - 1.35V
Operating temperature Unknown - 63.1°C Unknown - 80°C

overclocking
Overclock popularity 0 3
Overclocked clock speed 3.66 GHz 3.13 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water) 3.48 GHz 3.08 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Air) 3.66 GHz 3.13 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 64,000 MB/s
Transfer rate 5,860 MT/s 8,000 MT/s
Clock speed 2,930 MHz 4,000 MHz
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