Intel Xeon L5420 vs Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400

What is the difference between Intel Xeon L5420 and Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Intel Xeon L5420
Intel Xeon L5420
Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400
Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400

Performance (Benchmarks)

358Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score356
1133Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score1115
2040PassMark CPU Mark Rating
1102PassMark Single Thread Rating
15283DMark Time Spy Physics Score1543

Processor Specs

Intel Xeon L5420ProcessorIntel Core 2 Quad Q8400
2500 MHzFrequency2660 MHz
4Cores4
4Threads4
50 WTDP95 W
HarpertownCodenameYorkfield
Socket 771 LGA, Socket 775 LGAPackageLGA775

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

358Single-Core Score359
1102Multi-Core Score1163
Geekbench 5.3.1 Tryout for Linux x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Linux 4.9.0-0.bpo.6-rt-amd64 x86_64Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows 10 Home (64-bit)
Dell CS24-SCModelGeneric
Dell S45MotherboardG41 Series
Power PlanHigh performance

CPU Specifications

Intel Xeon L5420NameIntel Core 2 Quad Q8400
1 Processor, 4 CoresTopology1 Processor, 4 Cores
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 23 Stepping 6IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 23 Stepping 10
2.50 GHzBase Frequency2.66 GHz
Maximum Frequency2659 MHz
PackageSocket 775 LGA
CodenameYorkfield
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 Cache2.00 MB x 2

Memory Information

47.17 GBSize8.00 GB
Frequency531 MHz
TypeDDR3 SDRAM
Channels2

Geekbench 5 result (single)

358Single-Core Score359
51Crypto Score49
379Integer Score396
364Floating Point Score 332
51
88.2 MB/sec		AES-XTS49
85.5 MB/sec
543
2.75 MB/sec		Text Compression (LZMA)458
2.32 MB/sec
434
20.5 Mpixels/sec		Image Compression492
23.3 Mpixels/sec
324
913.2 KTE/sec		Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)364
1.03 MTE/sec
329
386.3 KElements/sec		HTML5351
412.6 KElements/sec
445
139.4 Krows/sec		SQLite422
132.2 Krows/sec
362
19.6 Mpixels/sec		PDF Rendering412
22.4 Mpixels/sec
315
100.3 KB/sec		Text Rendering353
112.4 KB/sec
415
3.23 Klines/sec		Clang414
3.23 Klines/sec
306
3.55 images/sec		Camera325
3.77 images/sec
324
405.0 Kpairs/sec		N-Body Physics239
299.0 Kpairs/sec
455
2821.0 FPS		Rigid Body Physics429
2654.8 FPS
341
18.7 Mpixels/sec		Gaussian Blur174
9.59 Mpixels/sec
417
3.21 images/sec		Face Detection442
3.40 images/sec
446
11.0 Mpixels/sec		Horizon Detection455
11.2 Mpixels/sec
531
26.1 Mpixels/sec		Image Inpainting492
24.1 Mpixels/sec
443
6.03 Mpixels/sec		HDR479
6.53 Mpixels/sec
486
390.0 Kpixels/sec		Ray Tracing464
372.3 Kpixels/sec
229
2.05 Kpixels/sec		Structure from Motion261
2.33 Kpixels/sec
417
13.3 Words/sec		Speech Recognition329
10.5 Words/sec
147
5.68 images/sec		Machine Learning160
6.17 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

1102Multi-Core Score1163
182Crypto Score204
1167Integer Score1266
1115Floating Point Score 1099
182
317.7 MB/sec		AES-XTS204
355.4 MB/sec
1656
8.38 MB/sec		Text Compression (LZMA)1526
7.72 MB/sec
1485
70.2 Mpixels/sec		Image Compression1810
85.6 Mpixels/sec
663
1.87 MTE/sec		Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)677
1.91 MTE/sec
1205
1.41 MElements/sec		HTML51374
1.61 MElements/sec
1664
521.4 Krows/sec		SQLite1610
504.6 Krows/sec
971
52.7 Mpixels/sec		PDF Rendering1349
73.2 Mpixels/sec
795
253.4 KB/sec		Text Rendering908
289.4 KB/sec
1555
12.1 Klines/sec		Clang1467
11.4 Klines/sec
1023
11.9 images/sec		Camera1124
13.0 images/sec
969
1.21 Mpairs/sec		N-Body Physics692
866.1 Kpairs/sec
1709
10585.6 FPS		Rigid Body Physics1639
10157.1 FPS
1079
59.3 Mpixels/sec		Gaussian Blur1309
72.0 Mpixels/sec
1568
12.1 images/sec		Face Detection1686
13.0 images/sec
1279
31.5 Mpixels/sec		Horizon Detection1447
35.7 Mpixels/sec
1529
75.0 Mpixels/sec		Image Inpainting1341
65.8 Mpixels/sec
1481
20.2 Mpixels/sec		HDR1708
23.3 Mpixels/sec
1920
1.54 Mpixels/sec		Ray Tracing1850
1.49 Mpixels/sec
842
7.54 Kpixels/sec		Structure from Motion952
8.53 Kpixels/sec
756
24.2 Words/sec		Speech Recognition647
20.7 Words/sec
334
12.9 images/sec		Machine Learning300
11.6 images/sec