Xeon E7 8850 vs Intel Xeon Gold 5420

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Intel Xeon E7-8850

Intel Xeon Gold 5420+

We compared two server CPUs: Xeon E7 8850 with 10 cores 2GHz 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

Xeon E7 8850 's Advantages

Lower TDP (130W vs 205W)

Intel Xeon Gold 5420 's Advantages

Released 11 years and 9 months late

Higher specification of memory (4400 vs 1333)

Larger L3 cache size (52.5MB vs 24MB)

More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 32nm)

Score

Xeon E7 8850

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Intel Xeon Gold 5420

General Parameters

Apr 2011

Release Date

Jan 2023

Intel

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Westmere-EX

Core Architecture

Sapphire Rapids

Intel Socket 1567

Socket

Intel Socket 4677

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E7(Westmere-EX)

Generation

Xeon Gold (Sapphire Rapids-SP)

Package

2.6 billions

Transistor Count

-

32 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

130 W

Power Consumption

205 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

84 °C

Intel

Foundry

Intel

513 mm²

Die Size

-

CPU Performance

2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2 GHz

2.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.1 GHz

10

Total Core Count

28

20

Total Thread Count

56

133 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

15.0

Multiplier

20.0

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

80 K per core

256 KB per core

L2 Cache

2 MB per core

24 MB shared

L3 Cache

52.5 MB

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

8

SMP

2

-

AVX-512 FMA Ports

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3-1333

Memory Types

DDR5-4400

4

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

-

PCIe Version

5

-

PCIe Lanes

80

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