Key Differences
In short — Pentium G3258 outperforms Xeon E5-2420 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Pentium G3258 is 749 days newer than Xeon E5-2420.
Advantages of Intel Xeon E5-2420
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G3258 - 12 vs 2 threads
Advantages of Intel Pentium G3258
- Performs up to 1% better in Resident Evil Village than Xeon E5-2420 - 293 vs 291 FPS
- Consumes up to 44% less energy than Intel Xeon E5-2420 - 53 vs 95 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Xeon E5-2420 doesn't have integrated graphics
Resident Evil Village
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TOP 5 Games
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Xeon E5-2420
Server/Workstation • May 14th, 2012
Pentium G3258
Desktop • Jun 2nd, 2014
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Xeon E5-2420 | vs | Intel Pentium G3258 |
|---|---|---|
| May 14th, 2012 | Release Date | Jun 2nd, 2014 |
| Xeon E5 | Collection | Pentium |
| Sandy Bridge-EN | Codename | Haswell |
| Intel Socket 1356 | Socket | Intel Socket 1150 |
Server | Segment | Desktop |
6 | Cores | 2 |
12 | Threads | 2 |
| 1.9 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.2 GHz |
| 2.4 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 95 W | TDP | 53 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 22 nm |
| 19.0x | Multiplier | 32.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | Intel HD (Haswell) |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
