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Intel Xeon E5-2420 @ 1.90GHz

Benchmarks for the Intel Xeon E5-2420 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 E5-2420 @ 1.90GHz

Description:

Class: Server

Socket: LGA1356

Clockspeed: 1.9 GHz

Turbo Speed: 2.4 GHz

Cores: 6 Threads: 12

Typical TDP: 95 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 6 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 6 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 6 x 256 KB
L3 Cache: 15 MB

Memory Support: Max. Memory Size: 384 GB (DDR3 800/1066/1333, ECC Supported)

Other names: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2420 0 @ 1.90GHz, Intel Xeon CPU E5-2420 0 @ 1.90GHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2012

CPUmark/$Price: 14.10

Overall Rank:
2311th fastest in multithreading out of 5473 CPUs
3526th fastest in single threading out of 5473 CPUs
912th fastest in out of 1184 Server CPUs

Last Price Change: $355.55 USD (2023-05-24)

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
5015
Single Thread Rating
1077

Samples: 109*
*Margin for error: Low



PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 6,966
Thread: 1,123

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Intel Xeon E5-2420 @ 1.90GHz

Integer Math19,460 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math7,255 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers28 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting12,439 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption1,525 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression84,584 KBytes/Sec
Physics399 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions3,759 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread1,077 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 4th of December 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Xeon E5-2420 @ 1.90GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 2nd of December 2025
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 2nd 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 5th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX
 39,929
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz
 39,780
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz
 34,975
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745
 34,827
ARM Neoverse-N1 64 Core 0 MHz
 28,040
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645
 27,565
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz
 17,292
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz
 14,262
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz
 10,387
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 @ 3.50GHz
 9,307
Intel Xeon E5-2420 @ 1.90GHz
 5,015
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 5th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz
 81.59
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz
 73.73
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645
 61.71
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745
 57.60
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 @ 3.50GHz
 40.48
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX
 36.30
Intel Xeon E5-2420 @ 1.90GHz
 14.10
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 5th 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
 2,679
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz
 2,124
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 @ 3.50GHz
 2,039
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz
 1,932
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz
 1,785
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 E5-2420 @ 1.90GHz
 1,077
Last 5 Baselines for Intel Xeon E5-2420 @ 1.90GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL2837408 - Aug 15 2025 [Excluded]
4089
BL2820984 - Aug 07 2025 [Excluded]
2811
BL2716351 - Jun 23 2025
5231
BL2639558 - May 21 2025
5060
BL2639243 - May 20 2025
5005
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for Intel Xeon E5-2420 @ 1.90GHz
As of 5th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Xeon E5-2420 @ 1.90GHz
 5,015
Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2 @ 2.10GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2420
 6,251 (+24.6%)
Intel Xeon E3-1265L v3 @ 2.50GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2420
 6,187 (+23.4%)
Intel Xeon E3-1230 V2 @ 3.30GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2420
 6,191 (+23.5%)
AMD Opteron 6238 vs Intel Xeon E5-2420
 5,625 (+12.2%)
AMD Opteron 6234 vs Intel Xeon E5-2420
 4,072 (-18.8%)
Intel Xeon E3-1230 @ 3.20GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2420
 5,144 (+2.6%)
Intel Xeon E3-1235 @ 3.20GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2420
 5,112 (+1.9%)
AMD Opteron 4280 vs Intel Xeon E5-2420
 4,504 (-10.2%)
Intel Xeon E3-1260L @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2420
 4,076 (-18.7%)
Intel Xeon E5-1660 @ 3.30GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2420
 8,324 (+66.0%)
Intel Xeon E3-1275 V2 @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2420
 6,644 (+32.5%)
Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2 @ 3.70GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2420
 6,523 (+30.1%)