Xeon L3426: specs and benchmarks

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Xeon L3426
2009
4 cores / 8 threads, 45 Watt
1.55

Xeon L3426 provides poor benchmark performance at 1.55% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.

Summary

Intel started Xeon L3426 sales 1 July 2009. This is a desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 4 cores and 8 threads, and is based on 45 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 3200 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is FCLGA1156,LGA1156 processor with a TDP of 45 Watt. It supports DDR3-800, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333 memory.

Primary details

Xeon L3426 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in the ranking2125
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Market segmentServer
Power efficiency3.26of 100.00 (Ryzen Z1 Extreme)
Release date1 July 2009 (15 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores4 (Quad-Core)
Threads8
Base clock speed1.86 GHzof 4.7 GHz (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed3.2 GHzof 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS)
L3 cache8 MB Intel® Smart Cacheof 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X)
Chip lithography45 nmof 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Maximum core temperature58 °Cof 110 °C (Atom x7-E3950)
64 bit support+
Windows 11 compatibility-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon L3426 compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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 configuration1of 8 (Opteron 842)
SocketFCLGA1156,LGA1156
Power consumption (TDP)45 Wattof 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Xeon L3426. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+
Turbo Boost Technology1.0
Hyper-Threading Technology+
Idle States+
Demand Based Switching+
PAE36 Bit

Security technologies

Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+
EDB+

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

VT-d+
VT-x+
EPT+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Xeon L3426's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3-800, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333
Maximum memory size32 GBof 6 TiB (EPYC 9124)
Max memory channels2of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)
Maximum memory bandwidth21 GB/sof 460.8 GB/s (EPYC 9124)
ECC memory support+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version2.0of 5.0 (Core i9-12900K)
PCI Express lanes16of 128 (EPYC 7551P)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Xeon L3426. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Xeon L3426 1.55

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Xeon L3426 2470

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.

Xeon L3426 429

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.

Xeon L3426 1446

Gaming performance

Closest competitors

Xeon L3426's performance relative to its closest rivals among server CPUs.


Xeon L7455 101.29
Xeon L3426 100
Atom C3558 98.71
Xeon L3360 98.06
Xeon X3360 98.06

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Xeon L3426 is Opteron 3260 HE, which is slower by 7% and lower by 67 positions in our ranking.

Here are some closest AMD rivals to Xeon L3426:

Opteron 4386 132.9
Xeon L3426 100

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Recommended GPUs

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