Intel Xeon E5 2420 vs Intel Xeon E5 2658A v3

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Intel Xeon E5-2420

Intel Xeon E5-2658A v3

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E5 2420 with 6 cores 1.9GHz and Intel Xeon E5 2658A v3 with 12 cores 2.2GHz . 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 105W)

Intel Xeon E5 2658A v3 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 8 months late

Higher specification of memory (2133 vs 3)

Higher base frequency (2.2GHz vs 1.9GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (30MB vs 15MB)

More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 32nm)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon E5 2420

371

Intel Xeon E5 2658A v3 +25%

464

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon E5 2420 +551%

1884

Intel Xeon E5 2658A v3

289

Intel Xeon E5 2420

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Intel Xeon E5 2658A v3

General Parameters

May 2012

Release Date

Jan 2015

Intel

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Sandy Bridge-EN

Core Architecture

Haswell-EP

Intel Socket 1356

Socket

Intel Socket 2011-3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E5 (Sandy Bridge-EN)

Generation

Xeon E5 (Haswell-EP)

Package

1.27 billions

Transistor Count

2.6 billions

32 nm

Manufacturing Process

22 nm

95 W

Power Consumption

105 W

Intel

Foundry

Intel

294 mm²

Die Size

356 mm²

CPU Performance

1.9 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.2 GHz

2.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

2.9 GHz

6

Total Core Count

12

Total Thread Count

24

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

19.0

Multiplier

22.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

15 MB shared

L3 Cache

30 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3

Memory Types

DDR4-2133

Max Memory Channels

4

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

-

PCIe Version

3

-

PCIe Lanes

40

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