AMD Phenom II X4 940 Black Edition vs Intel Xeon E5420

What is the difference between AMD Phenom II X4 940 Black Edition and Intel Xeon E5420. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

387Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score373
1265Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score1234
PassMark CPU Mark Rating1920
PassMark Single Thread Rating1065
3DMark Time Spy Physics Score1643

Processor Specs

AMD Phenom II X4 940 Black EditionProcessorIntel Xeon E5420
3000 MHzFrequency2500 MHz
4Cores4
4Threads4
125 WTDP80 W
DenebCodenameHarpertown
Socket AM2+ (940)PackageSocket 771 LGA

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

386Single-Core Score372
1260Multi-Core Score2131
Geekbench 5.4.1 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)
Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. GA-MA78GM-US2HModelDell Inc. PowerEdge 2950
Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. GA-MA78GM-US2HMotherboardDell Inc. 0CX396
BalancedPower PlanBalanced

CPU Specifications

AMD Phenom II X4 940 Black EditionNameIntel Xeon E5420
1 Processor, 4 CoresTopology2 Processors, 8 Cores
AuthenticAMD Family 16 Model 4 Stepping 2IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 23 Stepping 6
3.01 GHzBase Frequency2.50 GHz
3013 MHzMaximum Frequency2493 MHz
Socket AM2+ (940)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
6.00 MB x 1L3 Cache

Memory Information

8.00 GBSize8.00 GB
401 MHzFrequency332 MHz
DDR2 SDRAMTypeDDR2 FB SDRAM
2Channels

Geekbench 5 result (single)

386Single-Core Score372
57Crypto Score50
433Integer Score397
338Floating Point Score 373
57
99.7 MB/sec
AES-XTS50
87.6 MB/sec
524
2.65 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)586
2.97 MB/sec
535
25.3 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression464
21.9 Mpixels/sec
388
1.10 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)356
1.00 MTE/sec
450
528.8 KElements/sec
HTML5358
419.9 KElements/sec
440
137.7 Krows/sec
SQLite423
132.5 Krows/sec
429
23.3 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering392
21.3 Mpixels/sec
365
116.2 KB/sec
Text Rendering340
108.2 KB/sec
473
3.69 Klines/sec
Clang418
3.26 Klines/sec
337
3.91 images/sec
Camera302
3.50 images/sec
274
342.5 Kpairs/sec
N-Body Physics369
462.3 Kpairs/sec
446
2761.9 FPS
Rigid Body Physics405
2511.6 FPS
262
14.4 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur352
19.3 Mpixels/sec
275
2.12 images/sec
Face Detection420
3.24 images/sec
302
7.43 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection429
10.6 Mpixels/sec
576
28.3 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting553
27.1 Mpixels/sec
665
9.06 Mpixels/sec
HDR454
6.19 Mpixels/sec
386
309.6 Kpixels/sec
Ray Tracing438
352.0 Kpixels/sec
227
2.04 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion244
2.18 Kpixels/sec
391
12.5 Words/sec
Speech Recognition473
15.1 Words/sec
187
7.24 images/sec
Machine Learning162
6.25 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

1260Multi-Core Score2131
211Crypto Score397
1398Integer Score2240
1136Floating Point Score 2183
211
368.4 MB/sec
AES-XTS397
693.1 MB/sec
1781
9.01 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)3712
18.8 MB/sec
1853
87.7 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression3292
155.7 Mpixels/sec
928
2.62 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)839
2.37 MTE/sec
1616
1.90 MElements/sec
HTML52779
3.26 MElements/sec
1485
465.1 Krows/sec
SQLite3294
1.03 Mrows/sec
1373
74.5 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering2110
114.5 Mpixels/sec
1052
335.2 KB/sec
Text Rendering1381
439.9 KB/sec
1725
13.4 Klines/sec
Clang3212
25.0 Klines/sec
1116
12.9 images/sec
Camera1617
18.7 images/sec
1045
1.31 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics2024
2.53 Mpairs/sec
1705
10566.2 FPS
Rigid Body Physics3215
19919.7 FPS
845
46.4 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur2414
132.7 Mpixels/sec
1051
8.09 images/sec
Face Detection3337
25.7 images/sec
1042
25.7 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection2021
49.8 Mpixels/sec
1750
85.8 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting2817
138.2 Mpixels/sec
2328
31.7 Mpixels/sec
HDR2827
38.5 Mpixels/sec
1498
1.20 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing3398
2.73 Mpixels/sec
820
7.34 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion1579
14.1 Kpixels/sec
1055
33.7 Words/sec
Speech Recognition1711
54.7 Words/sec
465
18.0 images/sec
Machine Learning691
26.7 images/sec