AMD Phenom II X4 820 vs Intel Xeon E5420

What is the difference between AMD Phenom II X4 820 and Intel Xeon E5420. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

375Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score373
1288Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score1234
2108PassMark CPU Mark Rating1920
1137PassMark Single Thread Rating1065
3DMark Time Spy Physics Score1643

Processor Specs

AMD Phenom II X4 820ProcessorIntel Xeon E5420
2800 MHzFrequency2500 MHz
4Cores4
4Threads4
95 WTDP80 W
DenebCodenameHarpertown
Socket AM3 (938)PackageSocket 771 LGA

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

374Single-Core Score372
1293Multi-Core Score2131
Geekbench 5.3.2 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Microsoft Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows Server 2016 Datacenter Evaluation (64-bit)
Dell Inc. Inspiron 546ModelDell Inc. PowerEdge 2950
Dell Inc. 0F896NMotherboardDell Inc. 0CX396
BalancedPower PlanBalanced

CPU Specifications

AMD Phenom II X4 820NameIntel Xeon E5420
1 Processor, 4 CoresTopology2 Processors, 8 Cores
AuthenticAMD Family 16 Model 4 Stepping 2IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 23 Stepping 6
2.80 GHzBase Frequency2.50 GHz
2.80 GHzMaximum Frequency2493 MHz
Socket AM3 (938)PackageSocket 771 LGA
DenebCodenameHarpertown
64.0 KB x 4L1 Instruction Cache32.0 KB x 4
64.0 KB x 4L1 Data Cache32.0 KB x 4
512 KB x 4L2 Cache6.00 MB x 2
4.00 MB x 1L3 Cache

Memory Information

6.00 GBSize8.00 GB
399 MHzFrequency332 MHz
DDR2 SDRAMTypeDDR2 FB SDRAM
2Channels

Geekbench 5 result (single)

374Single-Core Score372
54Crypto Score50
418Integer Score397
333Floating Point Score 373
54
93.9 MB/sec
AES-XTS50
87.6 MB/sec
524
2.65 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)586
2.97 MB/sec
495
23.4 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression464
21.9 Mpixels/sec
404
1.14 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)356
1.00 MTE/sec
431
506.4 KElements/sec
HTML5358
419.9 KElements/sec
414
129.8 Krows/sec
SQLite423
132.5 Krows/sec
403
21.8 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering392
21.3 Mpixels/sec
354
112.9 KB/sec
Text Rendering340
108.2 KB/sec
460
3.59 Klines/sec
Clang418
3.26 Klines/sec
317
3.67 images/sec
Camera302
3.50 images/sec
291
364.5 Kpairs/sec
N-Body Physics369
462.3 Kpairs/sec
425
2630.6 FPS
Rigid Body Physics405
2511.6 FPS
261
14.4 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur352
19.3 Mpixels/sec
262
2.02 images/sec
Face Detection420
3.24 images/sec
290
7.14 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection429
10.6 Mpixels/sec
637
31.2 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting553
27.1 Mpixels/sec
626
8.53 Mpixels/sec
HDR454
6.19 Mpixels/sec
384
308.6 Kpixels/sec
Ray Tracing438
352.0 Kpixels/sec
213
1.91 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion244
2.18 Kpixels/sec
388
12.4 Words/sec
Speech Recognition473
15.1 Words/sec
182
7.01 images/sec
Machine Learning162
6.25 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

1293Multi-Core Score2131
212Crypto Score397
1434Integer Score2240
1168Floating Point Score 2183
212
370.4 MB/sec
AES-XTS397
693.1 MB/sec
1954
9.89 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)3712
18.8 MB/sec
1912
90.5 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression3292
155.7 Mpixels/sec
970
2.74 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)839
2.37 MTE/sec
1561
1.83 MElements/sec
HTML52779
3.26 MElements/sec
1559
488.5 Krows/sec
SQLite3294
1.03 Mrows/sec
1391
75.5 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering2110
114.5 Mpixels/sec
1031
328.5 KB/sec
Text Rendering1381
439.9 KB/sec
1781
13.9 Klines/sec
Clang3212
25.0 Klines/sec
1141
13.2 images/sec
Camera1617
18.7 images/sec
1160
1.45 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics2024
2.53 Mpairs/sec
1645
10191.2 FPS
Rigid Body Physics3215
19919.7 FPS
872
47.9 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur2414
132.7 Mpixels/sec
1024
7.89 images/sec
Face Detection3337
25.7 images/sec
1059
26.1 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection2021
49.8 Mpixels/sec
2110
103.5 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting2817
138.2 Mpixels/sec
2343
31.9 Mpixels/sec
HDR2827
38.5 Mpixels/sec
1566
1.26 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing3398
2.73 Mpixels/sec
822
7.37 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion1579
14.1 Kpixels/sec
963
30.8 Words/sec
Speech Recognition1711
54.7 Words/sec
498
19.3 images/sec
Machine Learning691
26.7 images/sec