Xeon E5420 vs AMD EPYC 9684X
We compared two server CPUs: Xeon E5420 with 4 cores 2.5GHz and AMD EPYC 9684X with 96 cores 2.55GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
Xeon E5420 's Advantages
Lower TDP (80W vs 400W)
AMD EPYC 9684X 's Advantages
Released 15 years and 7 months late
Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 3)
Newer PCIe version (5 vs 2)
Higher base frequency (2.55GHz vs 2.5GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 45nm)
Score
Benchmark
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Xeon E5420
365
AMD EPYC 9684X
+474%
2097
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Xeon E5420
1054
AMD EPYC 9684X
+1899%
21077
General Parameters
Nov 2007
Release Date
Jun 2023
Intel
Manufacturer
AMD
Server
Type
Server
Harpertown
Core Architecture
Genoa-X
Intel Socket 771
Socket
AMD Socket SP5
N/A
Integrated Graphics
N/A
Xeon (Harpertown)
Generation
EPYC (Zen 4 (Genoa))
Package
0.82 billions
Transistor Count
135.24 billions
45 nm
Manufacturing Process
5 nm
80 W
Power Consumption
400 W
Intel
Foundry
TSMC
2x107 mm²
Die Size
12x72 mm²
-
I/O Process Size
6 nm
-
I/O Die Size
397 mm²
CPU Performance
2.5 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.55 GHz
0
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.7 GHz
4
Total Core Count
96
4
Total Thread Count
192
333 MHz
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
7.5
Multiplier
25.5
64 KB per core
L1 Cache
64 K per core
6 MB per die
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
-
L3 Cache
1152 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
2
SMP
2
Memory Parameters
DDR2, DDR3
Depends on motherboard
Memory Types
DDR5-4800
2
Max Memory Channels
12
-
Max Memory Bandwidth
460.8 GB/s
Yes
ECC Memory Support
Yes
