[Dual CPU] Intel Xeon E5420 @ 2.50GHz

Benchmarks for the [Dual CPU] Intel Xeon E5420 can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
The pricing history data shows the price for a single Processor. For multiple Processors, multiply the price shown by the number of CPUs.

[Dual CPU] Intel Xeon E5420 @ 2.50GHz

Description:

Class: Server

Socket: LGA771

Clockspeed: 2.5 GHz

⁴Cores: 4 ⁴Threads: 4

Typical TDP: 80 W⁴

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 2 x 6144 KB

Other names: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5420 @ 2.50GHz, Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5420 @ 2.50GHz, Intel Xeon CPU E5420 @ 2.50GHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2009

CPUmark/$Price: 8.20

Overall Rank:
549th fastest in multithreading out of all multi-CPUs CPUs

Last Price Change: $499.90 USD Total for 2 CPUs (2021-02-12)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

4099

Single Thread Rating

1087

Samples: 36*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 3,284
Thread: 1,045

⁴The number of cores/threads and TDP is per CPU. To determine the total, multiply by the total CPU count.

CPU Test Suite Average Results for [Dual CPU] Intel Xeon E5420 @ 2.50GHz

Integer Math	19,407 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	10,947 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	34 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	11,472 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	1,057 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	88,778 KBytes/Sec
Physics	344 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,544 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,087 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 20th of November 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for [Dual CPU] Intel Xeon E5420 @ 2.50GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 17th of November 2024

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 17th of November 2024.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Server CPUs
As of 21st of November 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX		62,572
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz		43,229
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX		40,299
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz		34,639
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3945WX		33,546
ARM Neoverse-N1 64 Core 0 MHz		28,064
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		17,709
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		14,284
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz		10,425
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 @ 3.50GHz		9,324
[Dual CPU] Intel Xeon E5420 @ 2.50GHz		4,099

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 21st of November 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		885.90
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		73.84
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 @ 3.50GHz		40.55
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX		40.30
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX		39.13
[Dual CPU] Intel Xeon E5420 @ 2.50GHz		8.20
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz		7.32
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz		NA
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz		NA
ARM Neoverse-N1 64 Core 0 MHz		NA
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3945WX		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 21st of November 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3945WX		2,699
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX		2,680
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX		2,657
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz		2,124
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 @ 3.50GHz		2,052
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		1,955
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		1,795
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz		1,326
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz		1,323
ARM Neoverse-N1 64 Core 0 MHz		1,089
[Dual CPU] Intel Xeon E5420 @ 2.50GHz		1,087

Last 5 Baselines for [Dual CPU] Intel Xeon E5420 @ 2.50GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL1993805 - Jan 11 2024		4213
BL1992352 - Jan 09 2024		4406
BL1953782 - Nov 24 2023		4271
BL5049648 - Nov 01 2023		4583
BL1895836 - Sep 02 2023		4495

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for Intel Xeon E5420 @ 2.50GHz
As of 21st of November 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Xeon E5420 @ 2.50GHz		4,099
Intel Xeon W5580 @ 3.20GHz vs Intel Xeon E5420		3,368 (-17.8%)
Intel Xeon W3570 @ 3.20GHz vs Intel Xeon E5420		3,267 (-20.3%)
Intel Xeon X3380 @ 3.16GHz vs Intel Xeon E5420		2,568 (-37.3%)
AMD Opteron 4332 HE vs Intel Xeon E5420		3,911 (-4.6%)
AMD Opteron 6234 vs Intel Xeon E5420		4,072 (-0.7%)
AMD Opteron 6212 vs Intel Xeon E5420		4,007 (-2.2%)
AMD Opteron 4386 vs Intel Xeon E5420		3,273 (-20.1%)
Intel Xeon E5450 @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Xeon E5420		2,580 (-37.1%)
AMD Opteron 2218 vs Intel Xeon E5420		1,036 (-74.7%)
Intel Xeon W-2102 @ 2.90GHz vs Intel Xeon E5420		5,073 (+23.8%)
Intel Xeon E3-1225 @ 3.10GHz vs Intel Xeon E5420		3,905 (-4.7%)
AMD Opteron X3421 APU vs Intel Xeon E5420		3,440 (-16.1%)

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