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Xeon E5-2420 v2 vs Ryzen 9 5900X

Xeon E5-2420 v2 vs Ryzen 9 5900X: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Ryzen 9 5900X outperforms Xeon E5-2420 v2 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 9 5900X is 2622 days newer than Xeon E5-2420 v2.

Advantages of Xeon E5-2420 v2

  • Consumes up to 24% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 5900X - 80 vs 105 Watts

Advantages of Ryzen 9 5900X

  • Performs up to 69% better in Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales than Xeon E5-2420 v2 - 147 vs 87 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Xeon E5-2420 v2 - 24 vs 12 threads
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Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales

Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Very High

Intel Xeon E5-2420 v2 Logo
Xeon E5-2420 v2

Server/Workstation • Sep 1st, 2013


FPS

87

59%

Value, CA$/FPS

Price, CA$

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Logo
Ryzen 9 5900X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020


FPS

147

100%

Value, CA$/FPS

CA$2.58/FPS

100%

Price, CA$

CA$379.95

100%

FPS and Value Winner

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-core, 24-thread unlocked desktop processor without cooler

Buy for CA$379.95 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 81 minutes ago

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Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Very High

Intel Xeon E5-2420 v2 Logo
Xeon E5-2420 v2

Server/Workstation • Sep 1st, 2013

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Logo
Ryzen 9 5900X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Xeon E5-2420 v2 Logo
Xeon E5-2420 v2

Server/Workstation • Sep 1st, 2013


Single-Core

433

20%

Multi-Core

2148

18%

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Logo
Ryzen 9 5900X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020


Single-Core

2179

100%

Multi-Core

11883

100%

Intel Xeon E5-2420 v2 Logo

Xeon E5-2420 v2

vs
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Logo

Ryzen 9 5900X

Sep 1st, 2013Release Date
Nov 5th, 2020
Xeon E5CollectionRyzen 9
Ivy Bridge ENCodenameVermeer
Intel Socket 1356SocketAMD Socket AM4
Server
Segment
Desktop
6Cores
12
12Threads
24
2.2 GHzBase Clock Speed
3.7 GHz
2.7 GHzTurbo Clock Speed
4.8 GHz
80 W
TDP105 W
22 nmProcess Size
7 nm
22.0xMultiplier
37.0x
NoneIntegrated GraphicsNone
NoOverclockable
Yes

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