Intel Xeon E5-2430 vs Intel Xeon L5638

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2430 and Intel Xeon L5638 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

Intel Xeon E5-2430

Intel Xeon L5638

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2430

CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 13% higher clock speed: 2.70 GHz vs 2.40 GHz
Around 25% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 30% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1224 vs 944
Around 32% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 9513 vs 7217

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	May 2012 vs March 2010
Maximum frequency	2.70 GHz vs 2.40 GHz
L3 cache	15360 KB (shared) vs 12288 KB (shared)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1224 vs 944
PassMark - CPU mark	9513 vs 7217

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon L5638

Around 58% lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 95 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt vs 95 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2430
CPU 2: Intel Xeon L5638

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1224

944

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

9513

7217

Name	Intel Xeon E5-2430	Intel Xeon L5638
PassMark - Single thread mark	1224	944
PassMark - CPU mark	9513	7217
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	497
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	2918

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-2430	Intel Xeon L5638
Essentials
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge EN	Westmere EP
Launch date	May 2012	March 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$119	$90
Place in performance rating	2139	2148
Price now	$728.95	$69.90
Processor Number	E5-2430	L5638
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family	Legacy Intel® Xeon® Processors
Status	Discontinued	Launched
Value for money (0-100)	2.78	23.41
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.20 GHz	2.00 GHz
Bus Speed	7.2 GT/s QPI	5.86 GT/s QPI
Die size	294 mm	239 mm
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	15360 KB (shared)	12288 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	32 nm
Maximum frequency	2.70 GHz	2.40 GHz
Number of cores	6	6
Number of QPI Links	1	2
Number of threads	12	12
Transistor count	1270 million	1170 million
VID voltage range	0.6V-1.35V	1.0 - 1.5V
Maximum core temperature		85°C
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	3
Maximum memory bandwidth	32 GB/s
Maximum memory size	384 GB
Supported memory types	DDR3 800/1066/1333	DDR3
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2	2
Package Size	45mm x 42.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA1356	FCLGA1366
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt	60 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	24
PCI Express revision	3.0
Scalability	2S Only
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)