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Xeon E5-2420 vs Ryzen 9 5950X

Xeon E5-2420 vs Ryzen 9 5950X: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Ryzen 9 5950X 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 5950X is 3097 days newer than Xeon E5-2420.

Advantages of Xeon E5-2420

  • Consumes up to 10% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 5950X - 95 vs 105 Watts

Advantages of Ryzen 9 5950X

  • Performs up to 27% better in Resident Evil 4 than Xeon E5-2420 - 197 vs 155 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Xeon E5-2420 - 32 vs 12 threads
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Resident Evil 4

Resident Evil 4

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Max

Intel Xeon E5-2420 Logo
Xeon E5-2420

Server/Workstation • May 14th, 2012


FPS

155

79%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Logo
Ryzen 9 5950X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020


FPS

197

100%

Value, €/FPS

€1.51/FPS

100%

Price, €

€297.29

100%

FPS and Value Winner

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-core, 32-thread unlocked desktop processor

Buy for 297.29 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 68 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Max

Intel Xeon E5-2420 Logo
Xeon E5-2420

Server/Workstation • May 14th, 2012

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Logo
Ryzen 9 5950X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Xeon E5-2420 Logo
Xeon E5-2420

Server/Workstation • May 14th, 2012


Single-Core

372

17%

Multi-Core

1815

15%

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Logo
Ryzen 9 5950X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020


Single-Core

2189

100%

Multi-Core

12159

100%

Intel Xeon E5-2420 Logo

Xeon E5-2420

vs
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Logo

Ryzen 9 5950X

May 14th, 2012
Nov 5th, 2020
Xeon E5Ryzen 9
Sandy Bridge-ENVermeer
Intel Socket 1356AMD Socket AM4
Server
Desktop
6
16
12
32
1.9 GHz
3.4 GHz
2.4 GHz
4.9 GHz
95 W
105 W
32 nm
7 nm
19.0x
34.0x
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Yes

PCs Using Xeon E5-2420 or Ryzen 9 5950X

With selected game settings

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