Intel Core 2 Extreme Q9300 vs Intel Xeon E5420

What is the difference between Intel Core 2 Extreme Q9300 and Intel Xeon E5420. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

391Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score373
1238Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score1234
PassMark CPU Mark Rating1920
PassMark Single Thread Rating1065
3DMark Time Spy Physics Score1643

Processor Specs

Intel Core 2 Extreme Q9300ProcessorIntel Xeon E5420
2530 MHzFrequency2500 MHz
4Cores4
4Threads4
45 WTDP80 W
PenrynCodenameHarpertown
Socket P (478)PackageSocket 771 LGA

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

391Single-Core Score372
1190Multi-Core Score2131
Geekbench 5.3.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Microsoft Windows 10 Pro Insider Preview (64-bit)Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows Server 2016 Datacenter Evaluation (64-bit)
Dell Inc. Precision M4400ModelDell Inc. PowerEdge 2950
Dell Inc. 0NY980MotherboardDell Inc. 0CX396
BalancedPower PlanBalanced

CPU Specifications

Intel Core 2 Extreme Q9300NameIntel Xeon E5420
1 Processor, 4 CoresTopology2 Processors, 8 Cores
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 23 Stepping 10IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 23 Stepping 6
2.53 GHzBase Frequency2.50 GHz
2.53 GHzMaximum Frequency2493 MHz
Socket P (478)PackageSocket 771 LGA
PenrynCodenameHarpertown
32.0 KB x 4L1 Instruction Cache32.0 KB x 4
32.0 KB x 4L1 Data Cache32.0 KB x 4
6.00 MB x 2L2 Cache6.00 MB x 2

Memory Information

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

Geekbench 5 result (single)

391Single-Core Score372
50Crypto Score50
405Integer Score397
418Floating Point Score 373
50
87.4 MB/sec
AES-XTS50
87.6 MB/sec
536
2.71 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)586
2.97 MB/sec
469
22.2 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression464
21.9 Mpixels/sec
337
951.3 KTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)356
1.00 MTE/sec
349
410.0 KElements/sec
HTML5358
419.9 KElements/sec
449
140.7 Krows/sec
SQLite423
132.5 Krows/sec
429
23.3 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering392
21.3 Mpixels/sec
349
111.3 KB/sec
Text Rendering340
108.2 KB/sec
445
3.47 Klines/sec
Clang418
3.26 Klines/sec
334
3.87 images/sec
Camera302
3.50 images/sec
375
469.6 Kpairs/sec
N-Body Physics369
462.3 Kpairs/sec
442
2738.9 FPS
Rigid Body Physics405
2511.6 FPS
365
20.1 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur352
19.3 Mpixels/sec
450
3.46 images/sec
Face Detection420
3.24 images/sec
473
11.7 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection429
10.6 Mpixels/sec
601
29.5 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting553
27.1 Mpixels/sec
779
10.6 Mpixels/sec
HDR454
6.19 Mpixels/sec
492
394.7 Kpixels/sec
Ray Tracing438
352.0 Kpixels/sec
269
2.41 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion244
2.18 Kpixels/sec
491
15.7 Words/sec
Speech Recognition473
15.1 Words/sec
174
6.74 images/sec
Machine Learning162
6.25 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

1190Multi-Core Score2131
188Crypto Score397
1235Integer Score2240
1260Floating Point Score 2183
188
327.7 MB/sec
AES-XTS397
693.1 MB/sec
1855
9.38 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)3712
18.8 MB/sec
1683
79.6 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression3292
155.7 Mpixels/sec
657
1.85 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)839
2.37 MTE/sec
1271
1.49 MElements/sec
HTML52779
3.26 MElements/sec
1581
495.3 Krows/sec
SQLite3294
1.03 Mrows/sec
1325
71.9 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering2110
114.5 Mpixels/sec
858
273.5 KB/sec
Text Rendering1381
439.9 KB/sec
1341
10.5 Klines/sec
Clang3212
25.0 Klines/sec
1061
12.3 images/sec
Camera1617
18.7 images/sec
1173
1.47 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics2024
2.53 Mpairs/sec
1542
9552.5 FPS
Rigid Body Physics3215
19919.7 FPS
1256
69.0 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur2414
132.7 Mpixels/sec
1566
12.1 images/sec
Face Detection3337
25.7 images/sec
1374
33.9 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection2021
49.8 Mpixels/sec
1719
84.3 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting2817
138.2 Mpixels/sec
2393
32.6 Mpixels/sec
HDR2827
38.5 Mpixels/sec
1766
1.42 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing3398
2.73 Mpixels/sec
829
7.43 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion1579
14.1 Kpixels/sec
1035
33.1 Words/sec
Speech Recognition1711
54.7 Words/sec
416
16.1 images/sec
Machine Learning691
26.7 images/sec