Intel released the Xeon E5630 processor :year_text, expanding its popular :family_text series. Thanks to the use of the 32 nm process node, the manufacturer achieved an excellent balance of performance. The chip is installed in the compatible motherboards socket. The die configuration includes 4 computing cores with support for 8 threads. The base clock speed is 2.5 GHz. In Turbo Boost mode, this indicator can reach 2.8 GHz. Thanks to 12 MB of L3 cache, latency when accessing RAM is reduced. The processor's base thermal design power (TDP) is stated at 80 W. While Xeon E5630 is not positioned as a flagship gaming solution, it is quite capable of handling popular games at medium settings when combined with a discrete graphics card.