Intel Xeon E5 2420 vs AMD EPYC Embedded 9254

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Intel Xeon E5-2420

AMD EPYC Embedded 9254

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E5 2420 with 6 cores 1.9GHz and AMD EPYC Embedded 9254 with 24 cores 2.9GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon E5 2420 's Advantages

Lower TDP (95W vs 200W)

AMD EPYC Embedded 9254 's Advantages

Released 10 years and 10 months late

Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 3)

Higher base frequency (2.9GHz vs 1.9GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 15MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 32nm)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon E5 2420

371

AMD EPYC Embedded 9254 +505%

2245

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon E5 2420

1884

AMD EPYC Embedded 9254 +865%

18187

Intel Xeon E5 2420

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AMD EPYC Embedded 9254

General Parameters

May 2012

Release Date

Mar 2023

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Sandy Bridge-EN

Core Architecture

Genoa

Intel Socket 1356

Socket

AMD Socket SP5

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E5 (Sandy Bridge-EN)

Generation

EPYC (Zen 4 (Genoa))

Package

1.27 billions

Transistor Count

26.28 billions

32 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

95 W

Power Consumption

200 W

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

294 mm²

Die Size

4x72 mm²

-

I/O Process Size

6 nm

-

I/O Die Size

397 mm²

CPU Performance

1.9 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.9 GHz

2.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.15 GHz

6

Total Core Count

24

12

Total Thread Count

48

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

19.0

Multiplier

29.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

15 MB shared

L3 Cache

128 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3

Memory Types

DDR5-4800

Max Memory Channels

12

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

-

PCIe Version

5

-

PCIe Lanes

128

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