Intel Core i5-3230M vs Intel Xeon E5420

What is the difference between Intel Core i5-3230M and Intel Xeon E5420. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

567Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score373
1250Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score1234
2512PassMark CPU Mark Rating1920
1564PassMark Single Thread Rating1065
14913DMark Time Spy Physics Score1643

Processor Specs

Intel Core i5-3230MProcessorIntel Xeon E5420
2600 MHzFrequency2500 MHz
3200 MHzMaximum Frequency
2Cores4
4Threads4
35 WTDP80 W
Intel HD Graphics 4000GPU
Ivy BridgeCodenameHarpertown
FCPGA988PackageSocket 771 LGA

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

618Single-Core Score372
1406Multi-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 8.1 (64-bit)Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows Server 2016 Datacenter Evaluation (64-bit)
TOSHIBA SATELLITE S70t-AModelDell Inc. PowerEdge 2950
Type2 - Board Vendor Name1 Type2 - Board Product Name1MotherboardDell Inc. 0CX396
Samsung High PerformancePower PlanBalanced

CPU Specifications

Intel Core i5-3230MNameIntel Xeon E5420
1 Processor, 2 Cores, 4 ThreadsTopology2 Processors, 8 Cores
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 58 Stepping 9IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 23 Stepping 6
2.59 GHzBase Frequency2.50 GHz
3192 MHzMaximum Frequency2493 MHz
Socket 988B rPGAPackageSocket 771 LGA
Ivy BridgeCodenameHarpertown
32.0 KB x 2L1 Instruction Cache32.0 KB x 4
32.0 KB x 2L1 Data Cache32.0 KB x 4
256 KB x 2L2 Cache6.00 MB x 2
3.00 MB x 1L3 Cache

Memory Information

6.00 GBSize8.00 GB
798 MHzFrequency332 MHz
DDR3 SDRAMTypeDDR2 FB SDRAM
2Channels

Geekbench 5 result (single)

618Single-Core Score372
739Crypto Score50
587Integer Score397
665Floating Point Score 373
739
1.26 GB/sec
AES-XTS50
87.6 MB/sec
679
3.43 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)586
2.97 MB/sec
731
34.6 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression464
21.9 Mpixels/sec
587
1.66 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)356
1.00 MTE/sec
506
593.6 KElements/sec
HTML5358
419.9 KElements/sec
516
161.8 Krows/sec
SQLite423
132.5 Krows/sec
598
32.4 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering392
21.3 Mpixels/sec
570
181.7 KB/sec
Text Rendering340
108.2 KB/sec
565
4.40 Klines/sec
Clang418
3.26 Klines/sec
564
6.53 images/sec
Camera302
3.50 images/sec
553
692.2 Kpairs/sec
N-Body Physics369
462.3 Kpairs/sec
688
4262.1 FPS
Rigid Body Physics405
2511.6 FPS
556
30.6 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur352
19.3 Mpixels/sec
630
4.85 images/sec
Face Detection420
3.24 images/sec
673
16.6 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection429
10.6 Mpixels/sec
1067
52.4 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting553
27.1 Mpixels/sec
1160
15.8 Mpixels/sec
HDR454
6.19 Mpixels/sec
750
602.5 Kpixels/sec
Ray Tracing438
352.0 Kpixels/sec
468
4.19 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion244
2.18 Kpixels/sec
586
18.7 Words/sec
Speech Recognition473
15.1 Words/sec
496
19.2 images/sec
Machine Learning162
6.25 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

1406Multi-Core Score2131
1551Crypto Score397
1386Integer Score2240
1424Floating Point Score 2183
1551
2.64 GB/sec
AES-XTS397
693.1 MB/sec
1745
8.83 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)3712
18.8 MB/sec
1667
78.8 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression3292
155.7 Mpixels/sec
1305
3.68 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)839
2.37 MTE/sec
1192
1.40 MElements/sec
HTML52779
3.26 MElements/sec
1344
421.0 Krows/sec
SQLite3294
1.03 Mrows/sec
1461
79.3 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering2110
114.5 Mpixels/sec
1320
420.6 KB/sec
Text Rendering1381
439.9 KB/sec
1351
10.5 Klines/sec
Clang3212
25.0 Klines/sec
1188
13.8 images/sec
Camera1617
18.7 images/sec
1335
1.67 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics2024
2.53 Mpairs/sec
1744
10807.0 FPS
Rigid Body Physics3215
19919.7 FPS
1126
61.9 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur2414
132.7 Mpixels/sec
1344
10.3 images/sec
Face Detection3337
25.7 images/sec
1511
37.2 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection2021
49.8 Mpixels/sec
2077
101.9 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting2817
138.2 Mpixels/sec
2506
34.1 Mpixels/sec
HDR2827
38.5 Mpixels/sec
1793
1.44 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing3398
2.73 Mpixels/sec
1009
9.04 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion1579
14.1 Kpixels/sec
1246
39.8 Words/sec
Speech Recognition1711
54.7 Words/sec
782
30.2 images/sec
Machine Learning691
26.7 images/sec