Xeon E3110 vs L5420

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon L5420
2008
50 Watt
1.35
+73.1%

Xeon L5420 outperforms Xeon E3110 by an impressive 73% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon L5420 and Xeon E3110 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking22402618
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiency2.561.14
Release date1 January 2008 (16 years ago)1 January 2008 (16 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon L5420 and Xeon E3110 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.

Base clock speed2.5 GHz3 GHz
L3 cache12 MB L2 Cache6 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography45 nm45 nm
Maximum core temperature57 °C72 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range0.85V-1.35V0.85V-1.3625V

Compatibility

Information on Xeon L5420 and Xeon E3110 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.

SocketLGA771LGA775
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon L5420 and Xeon E3110. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology--
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Demand Based Switching+-
FSB parity+-

Security technologies

Xeon L5420 and Xeon E3110 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT--
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon L5420 and Xeon E3110 are enumerated here.

VT-x++
EPT-no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Xeon L5420 1.35
+73.1%
Xeon E3110 0.78

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.

Xeon L5420 2143
+72.5%
Xeon E3110 1242

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 L5420 332
Xeon E3110 388
+16.9%

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 L5420 917
+41.5%
Xeon E3110 648

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.35 0.78
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 65 Watt

Xeon L5420 has a 73.1% higher aggregate performance score, and 30% lower power consumption.

The Xeon L5420 is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon E3110 in performance tests.


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