Key Differences
In short — Ryzen 9 3900X outperforms Xeon E5-2420 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 9 3900X is 2610 days newer than Xeon E5-2420.
Advantages of Intel Xeon E5-2420
- Consumes up to 10% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 3900X - 95 vs 105 Watts
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
- Performs up to 8% better in Battlefield 1 than Xeon E5-2420 - 246 vs 228 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Xeon E5-2420 - 24 vs 12 threads
Battlefield 1
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Xeon E5-2420
Server/Workstation • May 14th, 2012
Ryzen 9 3900X
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Xeon E5-2420 | vs | AMD Ryzen 9 3900X |
|---|---|---|
| May 14th, 2012 | Release Date | Jul 7th, 2019 |
| Xeon E5 | Collection | Ryzen 9 |
| Sandy Bridge-EN | Codename | Matisse |
| Intel Socket 1356 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Server | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 12 |
| 12 | Threads | 24 |
| 1.9 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.8 GHz |
| 2.4 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.6 GHz |
95 W | TDP | 105 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
| 19.0x | Multiplier | 38.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
