Xeon Gold 6430 vs E3-1280 v5
Primary details
Comparing Xeon E3-1280 v5 and Xeon Gold 6430 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1185 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 1.88 | no data |
| Market segment | Server | Server |
| Series | Intel Xeon E3 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 6.26 | no data |
| Architecture codename | Skylake-S (2015) | Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024) |
| Release date | 19 October 2015 (9 years ago) | 10 January 2023 (1 year ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $612 | $2,138 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Xeon E3-1280 v5 and Xeon Gold 6430 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.
| Physical cores | 4 (Quad-Core) | 32 (Dotriaconta-Core) |
| Threads | 8 | 64 |
| Base clock speed | 3.7 GHz | 2.1 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 4 GHz | 3.4 GHz |
| Bus type | DMI 3.0 | no data |
| Bus rate | 4 × 8 GT/s | no data |
| Multiplier | 37 | no data |
| L1 cache | 64K (per core) | 80K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 256K (per core) | 2 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 8 MB (shared) | 60 MB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | Intel 7 nm |
| Die size | 160 mm2 | 4x 477 mm2 |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 72 °C |
| Number of transistors | 1,400 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon E3-1280 v5 and Xeon Gold 6430 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.
| Number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 (Uniprocessor) | 2 |
| Socket | FCLGA1151 | FCLGA4677 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 80 Watt | 270 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1280 v5 and Xeon Gold 6430. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2 | Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| AVX | + | + |
| vPro | + | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| Speed Shift | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | + |
| TSX | + | + |
| Idle States | + | no data |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | - |
| Deep Learning Boost | - | + |
Security technologies
Xeon E3-1280 v5 and Xeon Gold 6430 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | + |
| EDB | + | + |
| Secure Key | + | no data |
| MPX | + | - |
| SGX | Yes with both Intel® SPS and Intel® ME | Yes with Intel® SPS |
| OS Guard | + | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E3-1280 v5 and Xeon Gold 6430 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
| VT-d | + | + |
| VT-x | + | + |
| EPT | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E3-1280 v5 and Xeon Gold 6430. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3, DDR4 | DDR5-4400 |
| Maximum memory size | 64 GB | 4 TB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | 8 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 34.134 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | + |
Graphics image quality
Maximum display resolutions supported by Xeon E3-1280 v5 and Xeon Gold 6430 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.
| Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 | N/A | no data |
| Max resolution over eDP | N/A | no data |
| Max resolution over DisplayPort | N/A | no data |
| Max resolution over VGA | N/A | no data |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Xeon E3-1280 v5 and Xeon Gold 6430 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | N/A | no data |
| OpenGL | N/A | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3-1280 v5 and Xeon Gold 6430.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 5.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 16 | 80 |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
GeekBench 5 Single-Core
GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 19 October 2015 | 10 January 2023 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 32 |
| Threads | 8 | 64 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 80 Watt | 270 Watt |
Xeon E3-1280 v5 has 237.5% lower power consumption.
Xeon Gold 6430, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 years, and 700% more physical cores and 700% more threads.
We couldn't decide between Xeon E3-1280 v5 and Xeon Gold 6430. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon E3-1280 v5 and Xeon Gold 6430, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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