Intel Xeon L5630 vs L5609 |
Released March, 2010
Intel Xeon L5630
- 2.13 GHz
- Quad core
5.1 Out of 10
Reasons to buy the Intel Xeon L5630
 | Significantly higher clock speed 2.13 GHz | | Significantly higher turbo clock speed 2.4 GHz |
| | Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) 3.66 GHz | | More threads 8 |
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CPUBoss Review Our evaluation of L5630 vs L5609 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 | |
No winner declared
Too close to call
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Significantly higher clock speed | 2.13 GHz | vs | 1.86 GHz | Around 15% higher clock speed | |||
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| Significantly higher turbo clock speed | 2.4 GHz | vs | 1.86 GHz | Around 30% higher turbo clock speed | |||
| Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) | 3.66 GHz | vs | 2.83 GHz | Around 30% better overclocked clock speed (Air) | |||
| More threads | 8 | vs | 4 | Twice as many threads | |||
| Much better overclocked clock speed (Water) | 3.48 GHz | vs | 1.87 GHz | More than 85% better overclocked clock speed (Water) | |||
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| CPUBoss is not aware of any important advantages of the L5609 vs the L5630. | |||||||
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Benchmarks Real world tests of Xeon L5630 vs L5609
GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Xeon L5630 | vs | L5609 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clock speed | 2.13 GHz | 1.86 GHz | |
| Turbo clock speed | 2.4 GHz | 1.86 GHz | |
| Cores | Quad core | Quad core | |
| Socket type | |||
| LGA 1366 | |||
features | |||
| Has a NX bit | Yes | Yes | |
| Supports trusted computing | Yes | Yes | |
| Has virtualization support | Yes | Yes | |
| Instruction set extensions | |||
| SSE2 | |||
| MMX | |||
| SSE4 | |||
| SSE3 | |||
| SSE | |||
| SSE4.1 | |||
| SSE4.2 | |||
| Supplemental SSE3 | |||
| AES | |||
| Supports dynamic frequency scaling | Yes | Yes | |
power consumption | |||
| TDP | 40W | 40W | |
| Annual home energy cost | 9.64 $/year | 9.64 $/year | |
| Annual commercial energy cost | 35.04 $/year | 35.04 $/year | |
| Performance per watt | 1.92 pt/W | 3.43 pt/W | |
| Typical power consumption | 32.5W | 32.5W | |
memory controller | |||
| Memory controller | Built-in | Built-in | |
| Memory type | |||
| DDR3-1066 | |||
| DDR3-800 | |||
| DDR3 | |||
| Channels | Triple Channel | Triple Channel | |
| Supports ECC | Yes | Yes | |
| Maximum bandwidth | 25,599.99 MB/s | 25,599.99 MB/s | |
| Maximum memory size | 294,912 MB | 294,912 MB | |
details | Xeon L5630 | vs | L5609 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architecture | x86-64 | x86-64 | |
| Threads | 8 | 4 | |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 1 MB | |
| L2 cache per core | 0.25 MB/core | 0.25 MB/core | |
| L3 cache | 12 MB | 12 MB | |
| L3 cache per core | 3 MB/core | 3 MB/core | |
| Manufacture process | 32 nm | 32 nm | |
| Max CPUs | 2 | 2 | |
| Clock multiplier | 16 | 14 | |
| Voltage range | 0.75 - 1.35V | 0.75 - 1.35V | |
| Operating temperature | Unknown - 63.1°C | Unknown - 63.1°C | |
overclocking | |||
| Overclocked clock speed | 3.66 GHz | 2.83 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 3.48 GHz | 1.87 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 3.66 GHz | 2.83 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 | 38,400 MB/s | |
| Transfer rate | 5,860 MT/s | 4,800 MT/s | |
| Clock speed | 2,930 MHz | 2,400 MHz | |
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