Intel Xeon E5420 vs Intel Core i7-720QM

What is the difference between Intel Xeon E5420 and Intel Core i7-720QM. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

373Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score360
1234Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score1140
1920PassMark CPU Mark Rating1652
1065PassMark Single Thread Rating969
16433DMark Time Spy Physics Score1360

Processor Specs

Intel Xeon E5420ProcessorIntel Core i7-720QM
2500 MHzFrequency1600 MHz
Maximum Frequency2800 MHz
4Cores4
4Threads8
80 WTDP45 W
HarpertownCodenameClarksfield
Socket 771 LGAPackagePGA988

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

372Single-Core Score347
2131Multi-Core Score1199
Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Datacenter Evaluation (64-bit)Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)
Dell Inc. PowerEdge 2950ModelHewlett-Packard HP EliteBook 8540w
Dell Inc. 0CX396MotherboardHewlett-Packard 1521
BalancedPower Plan

CPU Specifications

Intel Xeon E5420NameIntel Core i7-720QM
2 Processors, 8 CoresTopology1 Processor, 4 Cores, 8 Threads
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 23 Stepping 6IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 30 Stepping 5
2.50 GHzBase Frequency1.60 GHz
2493 MHzMaximum Frequency2792 MHz
Socket 771 LGAPackageSocket 989 rPGA
HarpertownCodenameClarksfield
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 Cache256 KB x 4
L3 Cache6.00 MB x 1

Memory Information

8.00 GBSize16.00 GB
332 MHzFrequency664 MHz
DDR2 FB SDRAMTypeDDR3 SDRAM
Channels2

Geekbench 5 result (single)

372Single-Core Score347
50Crypto Score51
397Integer Score368
373Floating Point Score 350
50
87.6 MB/sec
AES-XTS51
89.2 MB/sec
586
2.97 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)492
2.49 MB/sec
464
21.9 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression419
19.8 Mpixels/sec
356
1.00 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)410
1.16 MTE/sec
358
419.9 KElements/sec
HTML5338
396.3 KElements/sec
423
132.5 Krows/sec
SQLite349
109.3 Krows/sec
392
21.3 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering353
19.2 Mpixels/sec
340
108.2 KB/sec
Text Rendering270
85.9 KB/sec
418
3.26 Klines/sec
Clang375
2.92 Klines/sec
302
3.50 images/sec
Camera350
4.06 images/sec
369
462.3 Kpairs/sec
N-Body Physics384
480.0 Kpairs/sec
405
2511.6 FPS
Rigid Body Physics429
2657.7 FPS
352
19.3 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur273
15.0 Mpixels/sec
420
3.24 images/sec
Face Detection335
2.58 images/sec
429
10.6 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection235
5.79 Mpixels/sec
553
27.1 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting600
29.5 Mpixels/sec
454
6.19 Mpixels/sec
HDR560
7.63 Mpixels/sec
438
352.0 Kpixels/sec
Ray Tracing414
332.8 Kpixels/sec
244
2.18 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion265
2.37 Kpixels/sec
473
15.1 Words/sec
Speech Recognition430
13.7 Words/sec
162
6.25 images/sec
Machine Learning170
6.55 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

2131Multi-Core Score1199
397Crypto Score133
2240Integer Score1259
2183Floating Point Score 1247
397
693.1 MB/sec
AES-XTS133
232.0 MB/sec
3712
18.8 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)1897
9.59 MB/sec
3292
155.7 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression1502
71.1 Mpixels/sec
839
2.37 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)1388
3.91 MTE/sec
2779
3.26 MElements/sec
HTML51073
1.26 MElements/sec
3294
1.03 Mrows/sec
SQLite1075
336.7 Krows/sec
2110
114.5 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering1306
70.9 Mpixels/sec
1381
439.9 KB/sec
Text Rendering1038
330.7 KB/sec
3212
25.0 Klines/sec
Clang1276
9.94 Klines/sec
1617
18.7 images/sec
Camera1009
11.7 images/sec
2024
2.53 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics1216
1.52 Mpairs/sec
3215
19919.7 FPS
Rigid Body Physics1439
8915.2 FPS
2414
132.7 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur938
51.6 Mpixels/sec
3337
25.7 images/sec
Face Detection1271
9.78 images/sec
2021
49.8 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection1429
35.2 Mpixels/sec
2817
138.2 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting2022
99.2 Mpixels/sec
2827
38.5 Mpixels/sec
HDR2266
30.9 Mpixels/sec
3398
2.73 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing1353
1.09 Mpixels/sec
1579
14.1 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion923
8.27 Kpixels/sec
1711
54.7 Words/sec
Speech Recognition1384
44.2 Words/sec
691
26.7 images/sec
Machine Learning482
18.6 images/sec