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Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 vs Intel Pentium Gold G5420. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
Q3/2014
Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3
Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3
Released
Q2/2019
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Intel Pentium Gold G5420
Intel Pentium Gold G5420

What's the best choice Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 or Intel Pentium Gold G5420? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 has a maximum frequency of 2.60 GHz. 10 Cores. Power consumption of 105 W. Released in Q3/2014.

Intel Pentium Gold G5420 has a maximum frequency of 3.80 GHz. 2 Cores. Power consumption of 54 W. Released in Q2/2019.

Differences

  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    691 left arrow score
  • More number of cores

    8 times more cores

    10 left arrow 2

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    670 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    193 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    874 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    395 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    344 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    98 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    348 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    104 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    337 place
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    1211 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 32% better clock speed

    3.80 GHz left arrow 2.60 GHz
  • Performance per watt

    About 0.51 times less performance per watt

    54 W left arrow 105 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Pentium Gold G5420 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    378 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    623 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    559 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    941 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    1343 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    814 place
  • Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
    253 place

Specifications

Technical data
Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3
Intel Pentium Gold G5420 Intel Pentium Gold G5420
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Family
    Intel Xeon E5 left arrow Intel Pentium
  • Generation
    5 left arrow 8
  • CPU group
    Intel Xeon E5 v3 left arrow Intel Pentium G5000
  • Predecessor
    Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2 left arrow --
  • Successor
    Intel Xeon E5-2660 v4 left arrow --
CPU Technical specs

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

  • Frequency
    2.60 GHz left arrow 3.80 GHz
  • CPU Cores
    10 left arrow 2
  • Turbo (1 Core)
    3.30 GHz left arrow No turbo
  • CPU Threads
    20 left arrow 4
  • Hyperthreading
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow No
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • GPU name
    no iGPU left arrow Intel HD Graphics 610
  • GPU frequency
    left arrow 0.35 GHz
  • GPU (Turbo)
    No turbo left arrow 1.05 GHz
  • Execution units
    left arrow 12
  • Shader
    left arrow 96
  • Max. GPU Memory
    -- left arrow 32 GB
  • Max. displays
    left arrow 3
  • Generation
    left arrow 9.5
  • DirectX Version
    left arrow 12
  • Technology
    left arrow 14 nm
  • Release date
    left arrow Q3/2016
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h264
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP9
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP8
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • AVC
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VC-1
    No left arrow Decode
  • JPEG
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Pentium Gold G5420 and Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    DDR4-2133 left arrow DDR4-2400
  • Max. Memory
    left arrow 64 GB
  • ECC
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Memory channels
    4 left arrow 2
  • PCIe version
    3.0 left arrow 3.0
  • PCIe lanes
    40 left arrow 16
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 and Intel Pentium Gold G5420 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    105 W left arrow 54 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 and Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • Virtualization
    VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2
  • L3-Cache
    25.00 MB left arrow 4.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Haswell E left arrow Coffee Lake S
  • Technology
    22 nm left arrow 14 nm
  • Socket
    LGA 2011-3 left arrow LGA 1151
  • Release date
    Q3/2014 left arrow Q2/2019

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 and Intel Pentium Gold G5420.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
The Cinebench R15 SC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware
127
Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3
157
Intel Pentium Gold G5420
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
The Cinebench R15 MC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware
1593
Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3
395
Intel Pentium Gold G5420
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
734
Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3
978
Intel Pentium Gold G5420
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
6121
Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3
2054
Intel Pentium Gold G5420
Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
PassMark is a test suite that performs complex mathematical calculations to determine CPU performance on file compression, encryption and physics-related tasks
16429
Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3
5311
Intel Pentium Gold G5420

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