Xeon Gold 6428N vs E5420

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5420 and Xeon Gold 6428N processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2296not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiency1.50no data
Architecture codenameno dataSapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release date1 October 2007 (17 years ago)10 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$3,200

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5420 and Xeon Gold 6428N basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical coresno data32 (Dotriaconta-Core)
Threadsno data64
Base clock speed2.5 GHz1.8 GHz
Boost clock speedno data3.8 GHz
L1 cacheno data80K (per core)
L2 cacheno data2 MB (per core)
L3 cache12 MB L2 Cache60 MB
Chip lithography45 nmIntel 7 nm
Maximum core temperature67 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data85 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data
VID voltage range0.85V-1.35Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5420 and Xeon Gold 6428N compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configurationno data2
SocketLGA771FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt185 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5420 and Xeon Gold 6428N. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology-2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
TSX-+
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Demand Based Switching+no data
FSB parity+no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon E5420 and Xeon Gold 6428N technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-+
EDB++
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5420 and Xeon Gold 6428N are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-x++
EPT-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5420 and Xeon Gold 6428N. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5-4000
Maximum memory sizeno data4 TB
Max memory channelsno data8
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5420 and Xeon Gold 6428N.

PCIe versionno data5
PCI Express lanesno data80

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 October 2007 10 January 2023
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 185 Watt

Xeon E5420 has 131.3% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6428N, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 15 years.

We couldn't decide between Xeon E5420 and Xeon Gold 6428N. We've got no test results to judge.


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