Intel Xeon E5 2420 vs Xeon D 2899NT

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Intel Xeon E5-2420

Intel Xeon D-2899NT

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E5 2420 with 6 cores 1.9GHz and Xeon D 2899NT with 22 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 135W)

Xeon D 2899NT 's Advantages

Released 11 years and 7 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 3)

Higher base frequency (2.2GHz vs 1.9GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (30MB vs 15MB)

More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 32nm)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon E5 2420

371

Xeon D 2899NT +206%

1136

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon E5 2420

1884

Xeon D 2899NT +473%

10800

Intel Xeon E5 2420

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Xeon D 2899NT

General Parameters

May 2012

Release Date

Dec 2023

Intel

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Sandy Bridge-EN

Core Architecture

Ice Lake-D

Intel Socket 1356

Socket

Intel BGA 2579

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E5 (Sandy Bridge-EN)

Generation

Xeon D(Ice Lake-D Refresh)

Package

1.27 billions

Transistor Count

-

32 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

95 W

Power Consumption

135 W

Intel

Foundry

Intel

294 mm²

Die Size

-

CPU Performance

1.9 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.2 GHz

2.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.1 GHz

6

Total Core Count

22

12

Total Thread Count

44

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

19.0

Multiplier

22.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

80 KB per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

1.25 MB per core

15 MB shared

L3 Cache

30 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

1

-

AVX-512 FMA Ports

1

Memory Parameters

DDR3

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

Max Memory Channels

4

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

-

PCIe Version

4

-

PCIe Lanes

32

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