Phenom X3 8650 vs Xeon L5420

Place in the ranking	2242	2637
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Desktop processor
Power efficiency	2.56	0.77
Architecture codename	no data	Toliman (2008)
Release date	1 January 2008 (16 years ago)	April 2008 (16 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon L5420 and Phenom X3 8650 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	3 (Tri-Core)
Threads	no data	3
Base clock speed	2.5 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	no data	2.3 GHz
L1 cache	no data	128 KB (per core)
L2 cache	no data	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	12 MB L2 Cache	2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	45 nm	65 nm
Die size	no data	285 mm²
Maximum core temperature	57 °C	no data
Number of transistors	no data	450 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	0.85V-1.35V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon L5420 and Phenom X3 8650 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	AM2+
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon L5420 and Phenom X3 8650. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
FSB parity	+	no data

Security technologies

Xeon L5420 and Phenom X3 8650 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	no data
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon L5420 and Phenom X3 8650 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-x	+	no data
EPT	-	no data

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.

Xeon L5420 1.35
+75.3%

Phenom X3 8650 0.77

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.

Xeon L5420 2143
+75.9%

Phenom X3 8650 1218

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Xeon L5420 332
+31.7%

Phenom X3 8650 252

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Xeon L5420 917
+48.1%

Phenom X3 8650 619