Ryzen AI 9 365 vs Xeon L5420
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen AI 9 365 outperforms Xeon L5420 by a whopping 1317% 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 | 2535 | 429 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.06 | no data |
| Market segment | Server | Laptop |
| Power efficiency | 2.60 | 65.68 |
| Designer | Intel | AMD |
| Manufacturer | Intel | TSMC |
| Architecture codename | Harpertown (2007−2008) | Strix Point (2024−2025) |
| Release date | 25 March 2008 (17 years ago) | July 2024 (1 year 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 AI 9 365 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) | 10 (Deca-Core) |
| Threads | 4 | 20 |
| Base clock speed | 2.5 GHz | 2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.5 GHz | 5 GHz |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | 80 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 6 MB (per die) | 1 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 12 MB L2 Cache | 24 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 4 nm |
| Die size | 2x 107 mm2 | 233 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 100 °C |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 57 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 820 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | no data |
| VID voltage range | 0.85V-1.35V | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon L5420 and Ryzen AI 9 365 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 | FP8 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 50 Watt | 28 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon L5420 and Ryzen AI 9 365. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | USB 4, XDNA 2 NPU (50 TOPS), SMT, AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3, MMX (+), SHA, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| 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 |
| Precision Boost 2 | no data | + |
Security technologies
Xeon L5420 and Ryzen AI 9 365 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 AI 9 365 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 AI 9 365. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR2, DDR3 Depends on motherboard | DDR5 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | N/A | AMD Radeon 880M |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon L5420 and Ryzen AI 9 365.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 16 |
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 | 1.21 | 17.14 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 10 |
| Threads | 4 | 20 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 4 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 50 Watt | 28 Watt |
Ryzen AI 9 365 has a 1316.5% higher aggregate performance score, 150% more physical cores and 400% more threads, a 1025% more advanced lithography process, and 78.6% lower power consumption.
The AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 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 AI 9 365 is a notebook one.
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