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Intel Xeon E5420 @ 2.50GHz

Benchmarks for the Intel Xeon E5420 can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

  • The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
  • The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
  • The pricing history data shows the price for a single Processor. For multiple Processors, multiply the price shown by the number of CPUs.

Intel Xeon E5420 @ 2.50GHz

Description:

Class: Server

Socket: LGA771

Clockspeed: 2.5 GHz

Cores: 4 Threads: 4

Typical TDP: 80 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 2 x 6144 KB

Other names: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5420 @ 2.50GHz, Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5420 @ 2.50GHz, Intel Xeon CPU E5420 @ 2.50GHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2009

CPUmark/$Price: 8.18

Overall Rank:
3495th fastest in multithreading out of 5495 CPUs
3579th fastest in single threading out of 5495 CPUs
1062nd fastest in out of 1184 Server CPUs

Last Price Change: $249.95 USD (2021-02-12)

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
2044
Single Thread Rating
1063

Samples: 236*
*Margin for error: Low



PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 3,284
Thread: 1,045

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Intel Xeon E5420 @ 2.50GHz

Integer Math9,468 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math5,360 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers16 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting5,616 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption504.6 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression43,259 KBytes/Sec
Physics193 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions751 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread1,063 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 16th of December 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Xeon E5420 @ 2.50GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 9th of December 2025
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 9th of December 2025.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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Pricing History


CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Server CPUs
As of 16th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX
 39,934
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz
 39,780
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745
 34,827
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz
 34,716
ARM Neoverse-N1 64 Core 0 MHz
 28,040
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645
 27,565
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz
 17,267
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz
 14,261
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz
 10,384
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 @ 3.50GHz
 9,304
Intel Xeon E5420 @ 2.50GHz
 2,044
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 16th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz
 81.47
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz
 73.72
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645
 61.71
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745
 57.60
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 @ 3.50GHz
 40.46
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX
 36.30
Intel Xeon E5420 @ 2.50GHz
 8.18
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz
 7.29
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz
 NA
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz
 NA
ARM Neoverse-N1 64 Core 0 MHz
 NA
Single Thread Rating
As of 16th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745
 4,117
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645
 3,954
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX
 2,680
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz
 2,122
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 @ 3.50GHz
 2,037
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz
 1,932
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz
 1,784
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz
 1,329
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz
 1,328
ARM Neoverse-N1 64 Core 0 MHz
 1,093
Intel Xeon E5420 @ 2.50GHz
 1,063
Last 5 Baselines for Intel Xeon E5420 @ 2.50GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL3080001 - Nov 24 2025
2276
BL2942379 - Sep 30 2025
2172
BL1986341 - Jan 03 2024
2273
BL5028977 - Dec 30 2022
2196
BL1596727 - Jul 16 2022
2225
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
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As of 16th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
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