Xeon E-2176M vs L5630

Place in the ranking	1961	1015
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.10	11.26
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	no data	Intel Xeon E
Power efficiency	4.50	14.41
Architecture codename	Westmere-EP (2010−2011)	Coffee Lake-H (2018−2019)
Release date	16 March 2010 (14 years ago)	4 April 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,100	$450

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon E-2176M has 11160% better value for money than Xeon L5630.

Detailed specifications

Xeon L5630 and Xeon E-2176M 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)	6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads	8	12
Base clock speed	2.13 GHz	2.7 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.4 GHz	4.4 GHz
Bus type	no data	DMI 3.0
Bus rate	no data	4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier	no data	27
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	12 MB (shared)	12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Die size	239 mm²	154 mm²
Maximum core temperature	63 °C	100 °C
Number of transistors	1,170 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon L5630 and Xeon E-2176M 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 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA1366,LGA1366	BGA-1440
Power consumption (TDP)	40 Watt	45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon L5630 and Xeon E-2176M. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	-	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
My WiFi	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	1.0	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	-	+
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
Flex Memory Access	no data	+
SIPP	-	+
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
PAE	40 Bit	no data

Security technologies

Xeon L5630 and Xeon E-2176M technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	no data	+
MPX	-	+
Identity Protection	-	+
SGX	no data	Yes with Intel® ME
OS Guard	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon L5630 and Xeon E-2176M are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-d	+	+
VT-x	+	+
EPT	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon L5630 and Xeon E-2176M. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4
Maximum memory size	288 GB	64 GB
Max memory channels	3	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	42.671 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	no data	Intel UHD Graphics P630
Max video memory	no data	64 GB
Quick Sync Video	-	+
Clear Video	no data	+
Clear Video HD	no data	+
Graphics max frequency	no data	1.2 GHz
InTru 3D	no data	+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon L5630 and Xeon E-2176M integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	no data	3
eDP	no data	+
DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+
DVI	no data	+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Xeon L5630 and Xeon E-2176M integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support	no data	+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	no data	4096x2304@30Hz
Max resolution over eDP	no data	4096x2304@30Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort	no data	4096x2304@30Hz
Max resolution over VGA	no data	N/A

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon L5630 and Xeon E-2176M integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	no data	12
OpenGL	no data	4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon L5630 and Xeon E-2176M.

PCIe version	2.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	16

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 L5630 1.90

Xeon E-2176M 6.85
+261%

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 L5630 3018

Xeon E-2176M 10880
+261%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.90	6.85
Recency	16 March 2010	4 April 2018
Physical cores	4	6
Threads	8	12
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	40 Watt	45 Watt

Xeon L5630 has 12.5% lower power consumption.

Xeon E-2176M, on the other hand, has a 260.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, 50% more physical cores and 50% more threads, and a 128.6% more advanced lithography process.

The Xeon E-2176M is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon L5630 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon L5630 and Xeon E-2176M, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.