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Intel Xeon X3430

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Much lower typical power consumption 77.19W vs 114.97W Around 35% lower typical power consumption
Supports trusted computing Yes vs No Somewhat common; Allows for safer, more reliable computing
Much lower annual home energy cost 22.89 $/year vs 42.19 $/year More than 45% lower annual home energy cost
Higher Maximum operating temperature 72.7 °C vs 67.4 °C Around 10% higher Maximum operating temperature
Significantly lower annual commercial energy cost 83.22 $/year vs 112.39 $/year More than 25% lower annual commercial energy cost
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Significantly higher clock speed 3.5 GHz vs 2.4 GHz More than 45% higher clock speed
Significantly higher turbo clock speed 3.9 GHz vs 2.8 GHz Around 40% higher turbo clock speed
Much newer manufacturing process 22 nm vs 45 nm A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor
Has a built-in GPU Yes vs No Somewhat common; A separate graphics adapter is not required
Much better performance per dollar 2.21 pt/$ vs 0.7 pt/$ Around 3.2x better performance per dollar
Much better PassMark (Single core) score 2,084 vs 973 Around 2.2x better PassMark (Single core) score
Significantly better PassMark score 9,544 vs 3,371 More than 2.8x better PassMark score
Significantly better overclocked clock speed (Air) 4.69 GHz vs 3.51 GHz Around 35% better overclocked clock speed (Air)
Significantly better performance per watt 4.55 pt/W vs 1.49 pt/W More than 3x better performance per watt
More threads 8 vs 4 Twice as many threads
Newer Apr, 2012 vs Sep, 2009 Release date over 2 years later
Better overclocked clock speed (Water) 4.8 GHz vs 4.12 GHz More than 15% better overclocked clock speed (Water)

Benchmarks Real world tests of Xeon X3430 vs Core i7 3770K

GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Xeon X3430
5,273
Core i7 3770K
13,098

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Xeon X3430
1,653
Core i7 3770K
3,304

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Xeon X3430
109,200 MB/s
Core i7 3770K
2,620,000 MB/s

GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Xeon X3430
5,207
Core i7 3770K
13,703

GeekBench

Xeon X3430
5,207
Core i7 3770K
17,972

PassMark Data courtesy Passmark

Xeon X3430
3,371
Core i7 3770K
9,544

PassMark (Single Core)

Xeon X3430
973
Core i7 3770K
2,084

Specifications Full list of technical specs

summary

 Xeon X3430  vs
Core i7 3770K 
Clock speed 2.4 GHz 3.5 GHz
Turbo clock speed 2.8 GHz 3.9 GHz
Cores Quad core Quad core
Socket type
LGA 1156
LGA 1155

features
Has a NX bit Yes Yes
Supports trusted computing Yes No
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

integrated graphics
GPU None GPU
Label N/A Intel® HD Graphics 4000
Latest DirectX N/A 11.x
Number of displays supported N/A 3
GPU clock speed N/A 650 MHz
Turbo clock speed N/A 1,150 MHz
3DMark06 N/A 5,339.9

bus
Architecture DMI DMI
Number of links 1 1
Transfer rate 2,500 MT/s 5,000 MT/s

details

 Xeon X3430  vs
Core i7 3770K 
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Threads 4 8
L2 cache 1 MB 1 MB
L2 cache per core 0.25 MB/core 0.25 MB/core
L3 cache 8 MB 8 MB
L3 cache per core 2 MB/core 2 MB/core
Manufacture process 45 nm 22 nm
Transistor count 774,000,000 1,400,000,000
Max CPUs 1 1
Clock multiplier 18 35
Voltage range 0.65 - 1.4V 1.33 - 1.36V
Operating temperature Unknown - 72.7°C Unknown - 67.4°C

overclocking
Overclocked clock speed 3.51 GHz 4.69 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water) 4.12 GHz 4.8 GHz
PassMark (Overclocked) 717.2 6,731.8
Overclocked clock speed (Air) 3.51 GHz 4.69 GHz

power consumption
TDP 95W 77W
Annual home energy cost 22.89 $/year 42.19 $/year
Annual commercial energy cost 83.22 $/year 112.39 $/year
Performance per watt 1.49 pt/W 4.55 pt/W
Typical power consumption 77.19W 114.97W

memory controller
Memory controller Built-in Built-in
Memory type
DDR3-1600
DDR3-1333
DDR3-1066
DDR3
DDR3-800
Channels Dual Channel Dual Channel
Supports ECC Yes No
Maximum bandwidth 21,333.32 MB/s 25,600 MB/s
Maximum memory size 32,768 MB 32,768 MB
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