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Xeon E5-2420 vs Ryzen 9 7950X

Xeon E5-2420 vs Ryzen 9 7950X: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Ryzen 9 7950X 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 7950X is 3788 days newer than Xeon E5-2420.

Advantages of Xeon E5-2420

  • Consumes up to 44% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 7950X - 95 vs 170 Watts

Advantages of Ryzen 9 7950X

  • Performs up to 31% better in Ready or Not than Xeon E5-2420 - 303 vs 231 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Xeon E5-2420 - 32 vs 12 threads
  • Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Xeon E5-2420 doesn't have integrated graphics
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Ready or Not

Ready or Not

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Epic

Intel Xeon E5-2420 Logo
Xeon E5-2420

Server/Workstation • May 14th, 2012


FPS

231

76%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Logo
Ryzen 9 7950X

Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022


FPS

303

100%

Value, €/FPS

€1.45/FPS

100%

Price, €

€437.99

100%

FPS and Value Winner

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core, 32-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor

Buy for 437.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 84 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Epic

Intel Xeon E5-2420 Logo
Xeon E5-2420

Server/Workstation • May 14th, 2012

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Logo
Ryzen 9 7950X

Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Xeon E5-2420 Logo
Xeon E5-2420

Server/Workstation • May 14th, 2012


Single-Core

372

13%

Multi-Core

1815

9%

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Logo
Ryzen 9 7950X

Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022


Single-Core

2938

100%

Multi-Core

19293

100%

Intel Xeon E5-2420 Logo

Xeon E5-2420

vs
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Logo

Ryzen 9 7950X

May 14th, 2012
Sep 27th, 2022
Xeon E5Ryzen 9
Sandy Bridge-ENRaphael
Intel Socket 1356AMD Socket AM5
Server
Desktop
6
16
12
32
1.9 GHz
4.5 GHz
2.4 GHz
5.7 GHz
95 W
170 W
32 nm
5 nm
19.0x
45.0x
None
Radeon Graphics
No
Yes

PCs Using Xeon E5-2420 or Ryzen 9 7950X

With selected game settings

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