Intel Xeon E5 2420 vs Intel Xeon E7 8850

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Intel Xeon E5-2420

Intel Xeon E7-8850

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E5 2420 with 6 cores 1.9GHz and Intel Xeon E7 8850 with 10 cores 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

Released 1 years and 1 months late

Lower TDP (95W vs 130W)

Intel Xeon E7 8850 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2GHz vs 1.9GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (30MB vs 15MB)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon E5 2420

371

Intel Xeon E7 8850 +1%

376

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon E5 2420

1884

Intel Xeon E7 8850 +117%

4103

Intel Xeon E5 2420

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Intel Xeon E7 8850

General Parameters

May 2012

Release Date

Apr 2011

Intel

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Sandy Bridge-EN

Core Architecture

Westmere-EX

Intel Socket 1356

Socket

Intel Socket 1567

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E5 (Sandy Bridge-EN)

Generation

Xeon E7 (Westmere-EX)

Package

1.27 billions

Transistor Count

2.6 billions

32 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

95 W

Power Consumption

130 W

Intel

Foundry

Intel

294 mm²

Die Size

513 mm²

CPU Performance

1.9 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2 GHz

2.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

2.4 GHz

6

Total Core Count

10

12

Total Thread Count

20

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

133 MHz

19.0

Multiplier

15.0

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

8

Memory Parameters

DDR3

Memory Types

DDR3

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

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