Xeon Gold 6430 vs E5420

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Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2439not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.18no data
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiency1.52no data
DesignerIntelIntel
ManufacturerIntelIntel
Architecture codenameHarpertown (2007−2008)Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release date11 November 2007 (17 years ago)10 January 2023 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$316$2,138

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5420 and Xeon Gold 6430 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)32 (Dotriaconta-Core)
Threads464
Base clock speed2.5 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed2.5 GHz3.4 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)80K (per core)
L2 cache6 MB (per die)2 MB (per core)
L3 cache12 MB L2 Cache60 MB
Chip lithography45 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size2x 107 mm24x 477 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)63 °C72 °C
Number of transistors820 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
VID voltage range0.85V-1.35Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5420 and Xeon Gold 6430 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 configuration22
SocketLGA771FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt270 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5420 and Xeon Gold 6430. 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 6430 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 6430 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 6430. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR2, DDR3 Depends on motherboardDDR5-4400
Maximum memory sizeno data4 TB
Max memory channelsno data8
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardN/Ano data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5420 and Xeon Gold 6430.

PCIe version2.05.0
PCI Express lanesno data80

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.



GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Xeon E5420 368
Xeon Gold 6430 1417
+285%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Xeon E5420 1197
Xeon Gold 6430 11212
+837%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 November 2007 10 January 2023
Physical cores 4 32
Threads 4 64
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 270 Watt

Xeon E5420 has 237.5% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6430, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 15 years, and 700% more physical cores and 1500% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Intel Xeon E5420 and Intel Xeon Gold 6430. We've got no test results to judge.

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