Intel Xeon E 2124 vs Intel Xeon Gold 5420

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We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E 2124 with 4 cores 3.4GHz and Intel Xeon Gold 5420 with 28 cores 2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon E 2124 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.4GHz vs 2GHz)

Lower TDP (72W vs 205W)

Intel Xeon Gold 5420 's Advantages

Released 4 years and 8 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR5-4400 vs DDR4)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)

Larger L3 cache size (52.5MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 14nm)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon E 2124

1426

Intel Xeon Gold 5420 +50%

2145

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon E 2124

4184

Intel Xeon Gold 5420 +323%

17725

Intel Xeon E 2124

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Intel Xeon Gold 5420

General Parameters

May 2018

Release Date

Jan 2023

Intel

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Coffee Lake-S

Core Architecture

Sapphire Rapids

Intel Socket 1151

Socket

Intel Socket 4677

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E (Coffee Lake)

Generation

Xeon Gold (Sapphire Rapids-SP)

Package

1.4 billions

Transistor Count

-

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

Intel Socket 1151

Socket

Intel Socket 4677

72 W

Power Consumption

205 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

84 °C

Intel

Foundry

Intel

126 mm²

Die Size

-

FC-LGA14C

Package

FC-LGA16A

CPU Performance

3.4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2 GHz

4.5 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.1 GHz

4

Total Core Count

28

4

Total Thread Count

56

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

34.0

Multiplier

20.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

80 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

2 MB per core

8 MB shared

L3 Cache

52.5 MB

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

1

SMP

2

-

AVX-512 FMA Ports

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4

Memory Types

DDR5-4400

2

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

5

16

PCIe Lanes

80

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