Xeon Gold 5403N vs E5-2630L v3

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2630L v3 and Xeon Gold 5403N processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1152not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiency9.43no data
Architecture codenameHaswell-EP (2014−2015)no data
Release date8 September 2014 (10 years ago)1 October 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2630L v3 and Xeon Gold 5403N 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads1624
Base clock speed1.8 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed2.9 GHz3.9 GHz
Bus rate8 GT/sno data
L1 cache64K (per core)no data
L2 cache256K (per core)no data
L3 cache20 MB (shared)22.5 MB
Chip lithography22 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size356 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature60 °C85 °C
Number of transistors2,600 millionno data
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2630L v3 and Xeon Gold 5403N 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 configuration2no data
SocketFCLGA2011FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)55 Watt115 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2630L v3 and Xeon Gold 5403N. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVX2Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512, Intel® AVX
AES-NI++
AVX+-
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX-+
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access-no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE46 Bitno data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2630L v3 and Xeon Gold 5403N technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
Secure Key+no data
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guard++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2630L v3 and Xeon Gold 5403N are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2630L v3 and Xeon Gold 5403N. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-1600, DDR4-1866DDR5-4000
Maximum memory size768 GB4 TB
Max memory channels48
Maximum memory bandwidth59 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2630L v3 and Xeon Gold 5403N.

PCIe version3.04
PCI Express lanes4048

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 September 2014 1 October 2023
Physical cores 8 12
Threads 16 24
Power consumption (TDP) 55 Watt 115 Watt

Xeon E5-2630L v3 has 109.1% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 5403N, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 years, and 50% more physical cores and 50% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Xeon E5-2630L v3 and Xeon Gold 5403N. We've got no test results to judge.


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