Xeon E5-2450L v2 vs X3430

Primary details

Comparing Xeon X3430 and Xeon E5-2450L v2 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2170	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Server
Power efficiency	1.44	no data
Release date	1 July 2009 (15 years ago)	1 January 2014 (10 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon X3430 and Xeon E5-2450L v2 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)	10 (Deca-Core)
Threads	4	20
Base clock speed	2.4 GHz	1.7 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.8 GHz	2.1 GHz
Bus rate	no data	7.2 GT/s
L3 cache	8 MB Intel® Smart Cache	25 MB Intel® Smart Cache
Chip lithography	45 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	73 °C	68 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon X3430 and Xeon E5-2450L v2 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	1	2
Socket	FCLGA1156,LGA1156	FCLGA1356
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	60 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon X3430 and Xeon E5-2450L v2. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2	Intel® AVX
AES-NI	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	1.0	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	+
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
Flex Memory Access	no data	-
Demand Based Switching	+	+
PAE	36 Bit	46 Bit

Security technologies

Xeon X3430 and Xeon E5-2450L v2 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	no data	+
OS Guard	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon X3430 and Xeon E5-2450L v2 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon X3430 and Xeon E5-2450L v2. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3-800, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333	DDR3-800, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, DDR3-1600
Maximum memory size	32 GB	384 GB
Max memory channels	2	3
Maximum memory bandwidth	21 GB/s	38.4 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon X3430 and Xeon E5-2450L v2.

PCIe version	2.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	16	24

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 July 2009	1 January 2014
Physical cores	4	10
Threads	4	20
Chip lithography	45 nm	22 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	60 Watt

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