AMD Phenom II X4 840 vs Intel Xeon E5420

What is the difference between AMD Phenom II X4 840 and Intel Xeon E5420. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

376Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score373
1252Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score1234
2354PassMark CPU Mark Rating1920
1306PassMark Single Thread Rating1065
3DMark Time Spy Physics Score1643

Processor Specs

AMD Phenom II X4 840ProcessorIntel Xeon E5420
3200 MHzFrequency2500 MHz
4Cores4
4Threads4
95 WTDP80 W
PropusCodenameHarpertown
Socket AM3PackageSocket 771 LGA

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

378Single-Core Score372
1253Multi-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)
To be filled by O.E.M. To be filled by O.E.M.ModelDell Inc. PowerEdge 2950
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. M5A97 PROMotherboardDell Inc. 0CX396
BalancedPower PlanBalanced

CPU Specifications

AMD Phenom II X4 840NameIntel Xeon E5420
1 Processor, 4 CoresTopology2 Processors, 8 Cores
AuthenticAMD Family 16 Model 5 Stepping 3IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 23 Stepping 6
3.47 GHzBase Frequency2.50 GHz
3.47 GHzMaximum Frequency2493 MHz
Socket AM3 (938)PackageSocket 771 LGA
PropusCodenameHarpertown
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

Memory Information

16.00 GBSize8.00 GB
866 MHzFrequency332 MHz
DDR3 SDRAMTypeDDR2 FB SDRAM
1Channels

Geekbench 5 result (single)

378Single-Core Score372
57Crypto Score50
432Integer Score397
314Floating Point Score 373
57
99.4 MB/sec
AES-XTS50
87.6 MB/sec
474
2.40 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)586
2.97 MB/sec
563
26.6 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression464
21.9 Mpixels/sec
385
1.09 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)356
1.00 MTE/sec
471
553.0 KElements/sec
HTML5358
419.9 KElements/sec
447
140.1 Krows/sec
SQLite423
132.5 Krows/sec
427
23.2 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering392
21.3 Mpixels/sec
392
124.8 KB/sec
Text Rendering340
108.2 KB/sec
432
3.36 Klines/sec
Clang418
3.26 Klines/sec
337
3.91 images/sec
Camera302
3.50 images/sec
205
256.0 Kpairs/sec
N-Body Physics369
462.3 Kpairs/sec
468
2900.0 FPS
Rigid Body Physics405
2511.6 FPS
198
10.9 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur352
19.3 Mpixels/sec
284
2.19 images/sec
Face Detection420
3.24 images/sec
322
7.93 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection429
10.6 Mpixels/sec
529
26.0 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting553
27.1 Mpixels/sec
703
9.58 Mpixels/sec
HDR454
6.19 Mpixels/sec
416
334.4 Kpixels/sec
Ray Tracing438
352.0 Kpixels/sec
238
2.13 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion244
2.18 Kpixels/sec
278
8.89 Words/sec
Speech Recognition473
15.1 Words/sec
164
6.35 images/sec
Machine Learning162
6.25 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

1253Multi-Core Score2131
233Crypto Score397
1411Integer Score2240
1081Floating Point Score 2183
233
407.0 MB/sec
AES-XTS397
693.1 MB/sec
1665
8.42 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)3712
18.8 MB/sec
1985
93.9 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression3292
155.7 Mpixels/sec
805
2.27 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)839
2.37 MTE/sec
1736
2.04 MElements/sec
HTML52779
3.26 MElements/sec
1666
521.9 Krows/sec
SQLite3294
1.03 Mrows/sec
1513
82.1 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering2110
114.5 Mpixels/sec
1092
347.8 KB/sec
Text Rendering1381
439.9 KB/sec
1565
12.2 Klines/sec
Clang3212
25.0 Klines/sec
1111
12.9 images/sec
Camera1617
18.7 images/sec
650
813.5 Kpairs/sec
N-Body Physics2024
2.53 Mpairs/sec
1789
11080.9 FPS
Rigid Body Physics3215
19919.7 FPS
962
52.9 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur2414
132.7 Mpixels/sec
1050
8.09 images/sec
Face Detection3337
25.7 images/sec
1133
27.9 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection2021
49.8 Mpixels/sec
1625
79.7 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting2817
138.2 Mpixels/sec
2532
34.5 Mpixels/sec
HDR2827
38.5 Mpixels/sec
1622
1.30 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing3398
2.73 Mpixels/sec
914
8.19 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion1579
14.1 Kpixels/sec
782
25.0 Words/sec
Speech Recognition1711
54.7 Words/sec
371
14.3 images/sec
Machine Learning691
26.7 images/sec