Intel Xeon E5630 vs Intel Xeon 3.20

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5630 and Intel Xeon 3.20 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5630

  • CPU is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • 3 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 1
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 130 nm
  • 32x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 12x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 21% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 97 Watt
  • Around 55% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1170 vs 756
  • 15x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 6898 vs 461
Specifications (specs)
Launch date March 2010 vs October 2003
Number of cores 4 vs 1
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm vs 130 nm
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) vs 8 KB
L2 cache 256 KB (per core) vs 512 KB
L3 cache 12288 KB (shared) vs 1024 KB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt vs 97 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1170 vs 756
PassMark - CPU mark 6898 vs 461

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon 3.20

  • Around 14% higher clock speed: 3.2 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
Maximum frequency 3.2 GHz vs 2.80 GHz

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5630
CPU 2: Intel Xeon 3.20

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1170
756
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
6898
461
Name Intel Xeon E5630 Intel Xeon 3.20
PassMark - Single thread mark 1170 756
PassMark - CPU mark 6898 461
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 479
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2263
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 1.787
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 63.534
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.496
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 2.692
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 7.83

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon E5630 Intel Xeon 3.20

Essentials

Architecture codename Westmere EP Gallatin
Launch date March 2010 October 2003
Launch price (MSRP) $73
Place in performance rating 2516 2548
Price now $47.03
Processor Number E5630
Series Legacy Intel® Xeon® Processors
Status Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 31.87
Vertical segment Server Server

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.53 GHz
Bus Speed 5.86 GT/s QPI
Die size 239 mm 237 mm
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) 8 KB
L2 cache 256 KB (per core) 512 KB
L3 cache 12288 KB (shared) 1024 KB
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 130 nm
Maximum core temperature 77.6°C
Maximum frequency 2.80 GHz 3.2 GHz
Number of cores 4 1
Number of QPI Links 2
Number of threads 8
Transistor count 1170 million 286 million
VID voltage range 0.750V-1.350V

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 3
Maximum memory bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size 288 GB
Supported memory types DDR3 800/1066

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 2
Package Size 42.5mm X 45mm
Sockets supported FCLGA1366 604
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt 97 Watt

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Physical Address Extensions (PAE) 40-bit
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)