Xeon Gold 5412U vs E5420
Aggregate performance score
Xeon Gold 5412U outperforms Xeon E5420 by a whopping 2495% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Xeon E5420 and Xeon Gold 5412U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2281 | 120 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 92.73 |
| Market segment | Server | Server |
| Power efficiency | 1.51 | 16.92 |
| Architecture codename | no data | Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024) |
| Release date | 1 October 2007 (17 years ago) | 10 January 2023 (1 year ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $1,113 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Xeon E5420 and Xeon Gold 5412U 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 | no data | 24 (Tetracosa-Core) |
| Threads | no data | 48 |
| Base clock speed | 2.5 GHz | 2.1 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 3.9 GHz |
| L1 cache | no data | 80K (per core) |
| L2 cache | no data | 2 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 12 MB L2 Cache | 45 MB |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | Intel 7 nm |
| Maximum core temperature | 67 °C | no data |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 81 °C |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | no data |
| VID voltage range | 0.85V-1.35V | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon E5420 and Xeon Gold 5412U 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 | no data | 1 |
| Socket | LGA771 | FCLGA4677 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 80 Watt | 185 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5420 and Xeon Gold 5412U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| vPro | no data | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| Speed Shift | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | + |
| TSX | - | + |
| Idle States | + | no data |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | - |
| Demand Based Switching | + | no data |
| FSB parity | + | no data |
| Deep Learning Boost | - | + |
Security technologies
Xeon E5420 and Xeon Gold 5412U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | - | + |
| EDB | + | + |
| SGX | no data | Yes with Intel® SPS |
| OS Guard | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5420 and Xeon Gold 5412U are enumerated here.
| VT-d | no data | + |
| VT-x | + | + |
| EPT | - | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5420 and Xeon Gold 5412U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR5-4400 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 4 TB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 8 |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5420 and Xeon Gold 5412U.
| PCIe version | no data | 5 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 80 |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 1.28 | 33.21 |
| Recency | 1 October 2007 | 10 January 2023 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 80 Watt | 185 Watt |
Xeon E5420 has 131.3% lower power consumption.
Xeon Gold 5412U, on the other hand, has a 2494.5% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 15 years.
The Xeon Gold 5412U is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon E5420 in performance tests.
Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon E5420 and Xeon Gold 5412U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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