Intel Xeon E5640 vs Intel Xeon Gold 5420

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We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E5640 with 4 cores 2.666GHz and Intel Xeon Gold 5420 with 28 cores 2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon E5640 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.666GHz vs 2GHz)

Lower TDP (80W vs 205W)

Intel Xeon Gold 5420 's Advantages

Released 12 years and 10 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR5-4400 vs DDR3)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 2)

Larger L3 cache size (52.5MB vs 12MB)

More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 32nm)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon E5640

437

Intel Xeon Gold 5420 +390%

2145

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon E5640

2456

Intel Xeon Gold 5420 +621%

17725

Intel Xeon E5640

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Intel Xeon Gold 5420

General Parameters

Mar 2010

Release Date

Jan 2023

Intel

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Westmere-EP

Core Architecture

Sapphire Rapids

Intel Socket 1366

Socket

Intel Socket 4677

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon (Westmere-EP)

Generation

Xeon Gold (Sapphire Rapids-SP)

Package

1.17 billions

Transistor Count

-

32 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

Intel Socket 1366

Socket

Intel Socket 4677

80 W

Power Consumption

205 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

84 °C

Intel

Foundry

Intel

239 mm²

Die Size

-

FC-LGA10

Package

FC-LGA16A

CPU Performance

2.666 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2 GHz

2.933 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.1 GHz

4

Total Core Count

28

8

Total Thread Count

56

133 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

20.0

Multiplier

20.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

80 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

2 MB per core

12 MB shared

L3 Cache

52.5 MB

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

-

AVX-512 FMA Ports

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3

Memory Types

DDR5-4400

3

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

2

PCIe Version

5

-

PCIe Lanes

80

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