Ryzen 7 5800H vs Xeon L5420
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 7 5800H outperforms Xeon L5420 by a whopping 861% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2532 | 744 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.06 | no data |
| Market segment | Server | Laptop |
| Series | no data | AMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000) |
| Power efficiency | 2.61 | 23.27 |
| Designer | Intel | AMD |
| Manufacturer | Intel | TSMC |
| Architecture codename | Harpertown (2007−2008) | Cezanne-H (Zen 3) (2021) |
| Release date | 25 March 2008 (17 years ago) | 12 January 2021 (4 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $380 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Xeon L5420 and Ryzen 7 5800H 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 cores | 4 (Quad-Core) | 8 (Octa-Core) |
| Threads | 4 | 16 |
| Base clock speed | 2.5 GHz | 3.2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.5 GHz | 4.4 GHz |
| Multiplier | no data | 32 |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 6 MB (per die) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 12 MB L2 Cache | 16 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 7 nm |
| Die size | 2x 107 mm2 | 156 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 105 °C |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 57 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 820 million | 9,800 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
| VID voltage range | 0.85V-1.35V | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon L5420 and Ryzen 7 5800H 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 configuration | 2 | 1 |
| Socket | LGA771 | FP6 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 50 Watt | 54 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon L5420 and Ryzen 7 5800H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| FMA | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | no data |
| Idle States | + | no data |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | - |
| Demand Based Switching | + | no data |
| FSB parity | + | no data |
Security technologies
Xeon L5420 and Ryzen 7 5800H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | no data |
| EDB | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon L5420 and Ryzen 7 5800H are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
| VT-x | + | no data |
| EPT | - | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon L5420 and Ryzen 7 5800H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR2, DDR3 Depends on motherboard | DDR4 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | N/A | AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) ( - 2000 MHz) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon L5420 and Ryzen 7 5800H.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | 3.0 |
Synthetic benchmarks
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 1.22 | 11.73 |
| Recency | 25 March 2008 | 12 January 2021 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 8 |
| Threads | 4 | 16 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 50 Watt | 54 Watt |
Xeon L5420 has 8% lower power consumption.
Ryzen 7 5800H, on the other hand, has a 861.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 542.9% more advanced lithography process.
The AMD Ryzen 7 5800H is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Xeon L5420 in performance tests.
Be aware that Xeon L5420 is a server/workstation processor while Ryzen 7 5800H is a notebook one.
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