Intel Xeon L5530: specs and benchmarks

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Xeon L5530
2009
4 cores / 8 threads, 60 Watt
1.59

Xeon L5530 provides poor benchmark performance at 1.59% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.

Summary

Intel started Xeon L5530 sales 9 August 2009. This is a Gainestown architecture 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 2660 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is FCLGA1366 processor with a TDP of 60 Watt. It supports DDR3 memory.

Primary details

Xeon L5530 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in the ranking2112
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Market segmentServer
Power efficiency2.51of 100.00 (Ryzen Z1 Extreme)
Architecture codenameGainestown (2009−2010)
Release date9 August 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 speed2.4 GHzof 4.7 GHz (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed2.66 GHzof 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS)
L1 cache64 KB (per core)of 80 KB (EPYC 9965)
L2 cache256 KB (per core)
L3 cache8 MB (shared)of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X)
Chip lithography45 nmof 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Die size263 mm2
Maximum core temperature70 °Cof 110 °C (Atom x7-E3950)
Number of transistors731 millionof 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X)
64 bit support+
Windows 11 compatibility-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon L5530 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 configuration2of 8 (Opteron 842)
SocketFCLGA1366
Power consumption (TDP)60 Wattof 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Xeon L5530. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+
Turbo Boost Technology1.0
Hyper-Threading Technology+
Idle States+
Demand Based Switching+
PAE40 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 L5530's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3
Maximum memory size144 GBof 6 TiB (EPYC 9124)
Max memory channels3of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)
Maximum memory bandwidth25.6 GB/sof 460.8 GB/s (EPYC 9124)
ECC memory support+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of a GPU integrated into Xeon L5530.

Integrated graphics cardN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version2.0of 5.0 (Core i9-12900K)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Xeon L5530. 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 L5530 1.59

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 L5530 2522

Gaming performance

Closest competitors

Xeon L5530's performance relative to its closest rivals among server CPUs.


Xeon X5460 101.89
Xeon X3380 101.89
Xeon L5530 100
Xeon L7455 98.74
Xeon D-1602 97.48
Xeon X3370 97.48

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Xeon L5530 is Opteron 3350 HE, which is faster by 7% and higher by 56 positions in our ranking.

Here are some closest AMD rivals to Xeon L5530:

Opteron 4386 129.56
Xeon L5530 100

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