Xeon 6952P vs L5420

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon L5420 and Xeon 6952P processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2252not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiency2.54no data
Architecture codenameno dataGranite Rapids (2024)
Release date1 January 2008 (16 years ago)24 September 2024 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon L5420 and Xeon 6952P 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 coresno data96
Threadsno data192
Base clock speed2.5 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speedno data3.9 GHz
L1 cacheno data112 KB (per core)
L2 cacheno data2 MB (per core)
L3 cache12 MB L2 Cache480 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm5 nm
Maximum core temperature57 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data
VID voltage range0.85V-1.35Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon L5420 and Xeon 6952P 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 configurationno data2
SocketLGA7717529
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt400 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon L5420 and Xeon 6952P. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Xeon L5420 and Xeon 6952P technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-+
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon L5420 and Xeon 6952P are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-x++
EPT-no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon L5420 and Xeon 6952P. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon L5420 and Xeon 6952P.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanesno data96

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 January 2008 24 September 2024
Chip lithography 45 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 400 Watt

Xeon L5420 has 700% lower power consumption.

Xeon 6952P, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 16 years, and a 800% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Xeon L5420 and Xeon 6952P. We've got no test results to judge.


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