Intel Xeon Gold 5420 vs Intel Xeon W 2104

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Intel Xeon Gold 5420+

Intel Xeon W-2104

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon Gold 5420 with 28 cores 2GHz and Intel Xeon W 2104 with 4 cores 3.2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon Gold 5420 's Advantages

Released 5 years and 5 months late

Higher specification of memory (4400 vs 2666)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)

Larger L3 cache size (52.5MB vs 8.25MB)

More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 14nm)

Intel Xeon W 2104 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.2GHz vs 2GHz)

Lower TDP (120W vs 205W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon Gold 5420 +122%

2145

Intel Xeon W 2104

966

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon Gold 5420 +441%

17725

Intel Xeon W 2104

3275

Intel Xeon Gold 5420

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Intel Xeon W 2104

General Parameters

Jan 2023

Release Date

Aug 2017

Intel

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Sapphire Rapids

Core Architecture

Skylake-W

Intel Socket 4677

Socket

Intel Socket 2066

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon Gold (Sapphire Rapids-SP)

Generation

Xeon W (Skylake-W)

Package

10 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

205 W

Power Consumption

120 W

84 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

66 °C

Intel

Foundry

Intel

-

Die Size

484 mm²

CPU Performance

2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.2 GHz

4.1 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

0

28

Total Core Count

4

56

Total Thread Count

4

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

20.0

Multiplier

32.0

80 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

2 MB per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

52.5 MB

L3 Cache

8.25 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

1

2

AVX-512 FMA Ports

1

Memory Parameters

DDR5-4400

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

8

Max Memory Channels

4

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

5

PCIe Version

3

80

PCIe Lanes

48

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