Intel Xeon E5606 vs Intel Xeon Gold 5420

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Intel Xeon E5606

Intel Xeon Gold 5420+

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E5606 with 4 cores 2.133GHz 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 E5606 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.133GHz vs 2GHz)

Lower TDP (80W vs 205W)

Intel Xeon Gold 5420 's Advantages

Released 11 years and 11 months late

Higher specification of memory (4400 vs 3)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 2)

Larger L3 cache size (52.5MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 32nm)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon E5606

305

Intel Xeon Gold 5420 +603%

2145

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon E5606

1523

Intel Xeon Gold 5420 +1063%

17725

Intel Xeon E5606

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Intel Xeon Gold 5420

General Parameters

Feb 2011

Release Date

Jan 2023

Intel

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Westmere-EP

Core Architecture

Sapphire Rapids

Intel Socket 1366

Socket

Intel Socket 4677

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon (Westmere-EP)

Generation

Xeon Gold (Sapphire Rapids-SP)

Package

1.17 billions

Transistor Count

-

32 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

80 W

Power Consumption

205 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

84 °C

Intel

Foundry

Intel

239 mm²

Die Size

-

CPU Performance

2.133 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2 GHz

0

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.1 GHz

4

Total Core Count

28

4

Total Thread Count

56

133 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

16.0

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

2

SMP

2

-

AVX-512 FMA Ports

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3

Memory Types

DDR5-4400

3

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

2

PCIe Version

5

-

PCIe Lanes

80

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