Intel Xeon E5420: CPU Specs and Performance, Benchmarks

The Intel Xeon E5420 is a 4-core and 4-thread processor configuration with a base clock speed of 2500 MHz. The CPU specifications and performance tests (benchmarks) are listed below.

Performance (Benchmarks)

Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score
373
Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score
1234
PassMark CPU Mark Rating
1920
PassMark Single Thread Rating
1065
3DMark Time Spy Physics Score
1643

Processor Specs

Processor
Intel Xeon E5420
Frequency
2500 MHz
Cores
4
Threads
4
TDP
80 W
Codename
Harpertown
Package
Socket 771 LGA
Intel Xeon E5420
Intel Xeon E5420: CPU Specs and Performance, Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

Single-Core Score
372
Multi-Core Score
2131
Benchmark
Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Operating System
Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Datacenter Evaluation (64-bit)
Model
Dell Inc. PowerEdge 2950
Motherboard
Dell Inc. 0CX396
Power Plan
Balanced

CPU Specifications

Name
Intel Xeon E5420
Topology
2 Processors, 8 Cores
Identifier
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 23 Stepping 6
Base Frequency
2.50 GHz
Maximum Frequency
2493 MHz
Package
Socket 771 LGA
Codename
Harpertown
L1 Instruction Cache
32.0 KB x 4
L1 Data Cache
32.0 KB x 4
L2 Cache
6.00 MB x 2

Memory Information

Size
8.00 GB
Frequency
332 MHz
Type
DDR2 FB SDRAM

Geekbench 5 result (single)

Single-Core Score372
Crypto Score50
Integer Score397
Floating Point Score 373
AES-XTS50
87.6 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)586
2.97 MB/sec
Image Compression464
21.9 Mpixels/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)356
1.00 MTE/sec
HTML5358
419.9 KElements/sec
SQLite423
132.5 Krows/sec
PDF Rendering392
21.3 Mpixels/sec
Text Rendering340
108.2 KB/sec
Clang418
3.26 Klines/sec
Camera302
3.50 images/sec
N-Body Physics369
462.3 Kpairs/sec
Rigid Body Physics405
2511.6 FPS
Gaussian Blur352
19.3 Mpixels/sec
Face Detection420
3.24 images/sec
Horizon Detection429
10.6 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting553
27.1 Mpixels/sec
HDR454
6.19 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing438
352.0 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion244
2.18 Kpixels/sec
Speech Recognition473
15.1 Words/sec
Machine Learning162
6.25 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

Multi-Core Score2131
Crypto Score397
Integer Score2240
Floating Point Score 2183
AES-XTS397
693.1 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)3712
18.8 MB/sec
Image Compression3292
155.7 Mpixels/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)839
2.37 MTE/sec
HTML52779
3.26 MElements/sec
SQLite3294
1.03 Mrows/sec
PDF Rendering2110
114.5 Mpixels/sec
Text Rendering1381
439.9 KB/sec
Clang3212
25.0 Klines/sec
Camera1617
18.7 images/sec
N-Body Physics2024
2.53 Mpairs/sec
Rigid Body Physics3215
19919.7 FPS
Gaussian Blur2414
132.7 Mpixels/sec
Face Detection3337
25.7 images/sec
Horizon Detection2021
49.8 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting2817
138.2 Mpixels/sec
HDR2827
38.5 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing3398
2.73 Mpixels/sec
Structure from Motion1579
14.1 Kpixels/sec
Speech Recognition1711
54.7 Words/sec
Machine Learning691
26.7 images/sec