AMD EPYC 9224 vs Xeon E5420
We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 9224 with 24 cores 2.5GHz and Xeon E5420 with 4 cores 2.5GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
AMD EPYC 9224 's Advantages
Released 15 years late
Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 3)
Newer PCIe version (5 vs 2)
More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 45nm)
Xeon E5420 's Advantages
Lower TDP (80W vs 200W)
Score
Benchmark
Geekbench 6 Single Core
AMD EPYC 9224
+426%
1923
Xeon E5420
365
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
AMD EPYC 9224
+1614%
18066
Xeon E5420
1054
General Parameters
Nov 2022
Release Date
Nov 2007
AMD
Manufacturer
Intel
Server
Type
Server
Genoa
Core Architecture
Harpertown
AMD Socket SP5
Socket
Intel Socket 771
N/A
Integrated Graphics
N/A
EPYC (Zen 4 (Genoa))
Generation
Xeon (Harpertown)
Package
26.28 billions
Transistor Count
0.82 billions
5 nm
Manufacturing Process
45 nm
200 W
Power Consumption
80 W
TSMC
Foundry
Intel
4x72 mm²
Die Size
2x107 mm²
6 nm
I/O Process Size
-
397 mm²
I/O Die Size
-
CPU Performance
2.5 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.5 GHz
3.7 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
0
24
Total Core Count
4
48
Total Thread Count
4
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
333 MHz
25.0
Multiplier
7.5
64 K per core
L1 Cache
64 KB per core
1 MB per core
L2 Cache
6 MB per die
64 MB shared
L3 Cache
-
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
2
SMP
2
Memory Parameters
DDR5-4800
Memory Types
DDR2, DDR3
Depends on motherboard
12
Max Memory Channels
2
Yes
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Miscellaneous
5
PCIe Version
2
128
PCIe Lanes
-
