Celeron 440 vs Xeon L5630
Primary details
Comparing Xeon L5630 and Celeron 440 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1961 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.10 | no data |
| Market segment | Server | Desktop processor |
| Power efficiency | 4.50 | no data |
| Architecture codename | Westmere-EP (2010−2011) | Conroe-L (2007−2008) |
| Release date | 16 March 2010 (14 years ago) | June 2007 (17 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1,100 | $40 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Xeon L5630 and Celeron 440 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) | 1 (Single-Core) |
| Threads | 8 | 1 |
| Base clock speed | 2.13 GHz | 2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.4 GHz | 2 GHz |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | 64 KB |
| L2 cache | 256 KB (per core) | 512 KB |
| L3 cache | 12 MB (shared) | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 65 nm |
| Die size | 239 mm2 | 77 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 63 °C | 60 °C |
| Number of transistors | 1,170 million | 105 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| VID voltage range | no data | 1V-1.3375V |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon L5630 and Celeron 440 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 | 2 | 1 |
| Socket | FCLGA1366,LGA1366 | LGA775 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 40 Watt | 35 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon L5630 and Celeron 440. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.2 | no data |
| AES-NI | + | - |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | - |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 1.0 | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | - |
| Idle States | + | - |
| Thermal Monitoring | - | + |
| Demand Based Switching | + | - |
| PAE | 40 Bit | no data |
| FSB parity | no data | - |
Security technologies
Xeon L5630 and Celeron 440 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | - |
| EDB | + | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon L5630 and Celeron 440 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | + | - |
| VT-x | + | - |
| EPT | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon L5630 and Celeron 440. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 |
| Maximum memory size | 288 GB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 3 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 25.6 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon L5630 and Celeron 440.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | no data |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Physical cores | 4 | 1 |
| Threads | 8 | 1 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 65 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 40 Watt | 35 Watt |
Xeon L5630 has 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads, and a 103.1% more advanced lithography process.
Celeron 440, on the other hand, has 14.3% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Xeon L5630 and Celeron 440. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Xeon L5630 is a server/workstation processor while Celeron 440 is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon L5630 and Celeron 440, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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