Intel Xeon Gold 5420 vs Xeon E5 2650 v4

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Intel Xeon Gold 5420+

Intel Xeon E5-2650 v4

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon Gold 5420 with 28 cores 2GHz and Xeon E5 2650 v4 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 Gold 5420 's Advantages

Released 6 years and 10 months late

Higher specification of memory (4400 vs 2133)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)

Larger L3 cache size (52.5MB vs 30MB)

More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 14nm)

Xeon E5 2650 v4 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.2GHz vs 2GHz)

Lower TDP (105W vs 205W)

Score

Intel Xeon Gold 5420

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Xeon E5 2650 v4

General Parameters

Jan 2023

Release Date

Mar 2016

Intel

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Sapphire Rapids

Core Architecture

Broadwell-EP

Intel Socket 4677

Socket

Intel Socket 2011-3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon Gold (Sapphire Rapids-SP)

Generation

Xeon E5 (Broadwell-EP)

Package

-

Transistor Count

3.4 billions

10 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

205 W

Power Consumption

105 W

84 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

Intel

Foundry

Intel

-

Die Size

246 mm²

CPU Performance

2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.2 GHz

4.1 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

2.9 GHz

28

Total Core Count

12

56

Total Thread Count

24

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

20.0

Multiplier

22.0

80 K per core

L1 Cache

64 KB per core

2 MB per core

L2 Cache

256 KB per core

52.5 MB

L3 Cache

30 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

AVX-512 FMA Ports

-

Memory Parameters

DDR5-4400

Memory Types

DDR4-2133

8

Max Memory Channels

4

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

5

PCIe Version

3

80

PCIe Lanes

40

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