Xeon Silver 4309Y vs L3426

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon L3426
2009
4 cores / 8 threads, 45 Watt
1.55
Xeon Silver 4309Y
2021
8 cores / 16 threads, 105 Watt
12.11
+681%

Xeon Silver 4309Y outperforms Xeon L3426 by a whopping 681% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon L3426 and Xeon Silver 4309Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2125642
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiency3.2610.91
Architecture codenameno dataIce Lake-SP (2021)
Release date1 July 2009 (15 years ago)6 April 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon L3426 and Xeon Silver 4309Y 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads816
Base clock speed1.86 GHz2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz3.6 GHz
L1 cacheno data64K (per core)
L2 cacheno data1 MB (per core)
L3 cache8 MB Intel® Smart Cache12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm10 nm
Maximum core temperature58 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data76 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon L3426 and Xeon Silver 4309Y 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 configuration12
SocketFCLGA1156,LGA1156FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt105 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon L3426 and Xeon Silver 4309Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology1.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX-+
Idle States+no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE36 Bitno data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon L3426 and Xeon Silver 4309Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon L3426 and Xeon Silver 4309Y are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon L3426 and Xeon Silver 4309Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3-800, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333DDR4-2667
Maximum memory size32 GB6 TB
Max memory channels28
Maximum memory bandwidth21 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon L3426 and Xeon Silver 4309Y.

PCIe version2.04.0
PCI Express lanes1664

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score 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
Xeon Silver 4309Y 12.11
+681%

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
Xeon Silver 4309Y 19237
+679%

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
Xeon Silver 4309Y 1413
+229%

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
Xeon Silver 4309Y 7365
+409%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.55 12.11
Recency 1 July 2009 6 April 2021
Physical cores 4 8
Threads 8 16
Chip lithography 45 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 105 Watt

Xeon L3426 has 133.3% lower power consumption.

Xeon Silver 4309Y, on the other hand, has a 681.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 350% more advanced lithography process.

The Xeon Silver 4309Y is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon L3426 in performance tests.


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