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Xeon E5-2420 vs Pentium G6950

Xeon E5-2420 vs Pentium G6950: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Xeon E5-2420 outperforms Pentium G6950 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Xeon E5-2420 is 858 days newer than Pentium G6950.

Advantages of Intel Xeon E5-2420

  • Performs up to 1% better in Valheim than Pentium G6950 - 189 vs 188 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G6950 - 12 vs 2 threads

Advantages of Intel Pentium G6950

  • Consumes up to 23% less energy than Intel Xeon E5-2420 - 73 vs 95 Watts
  • Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Xeon E5-2420 doesn't have integrated graphics
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Valheim

Valheim

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Highest

Intel Xeon E5-2420 Logo
Xeon E5-2420

Server/Workstation • May 14th, 2012


FPS

189

100%

Value, $/FPS

Price, $

FPS Winner

Intel Pentium G6950 Logo
Pentium G6950

Desktop • Jan 7th, 2010


FPS

188

99%

Value, $/FPS

$0.2/FPS

100%

Price, $

$37.5

100%

Value Winner

Intel Pentium G6950 Processor 2.8GHz 3 MB Cache Socket LGA1156

Buy for $37.5 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 47 minutes ago

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Highest

Intel Xeon E5-2420 Logo
Xeon E5-2420

Server/Workstation • May 14th, 2012

Intel Pentium G6950 Logo
Pentium G6950

Desktop • Jan 7th, 2010

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Xeon E5-2420 Logo
Xeon E5-2420

Server/Workstation • May 14th, 2012


Single-Core

372

100%

Multi-Core

1815

100%

Intel Pentium G6950 Logo
Pentium G6950

Desktop • Jan 7th, 2010


Single-Core

324

87%

Multi-Core

517

28%

Intel Xeon E5-2420 Logo

Intel Xeon E5-2420

vs
Intel Pentium G6950 Logo

Intel Pentium G6950

May 14th, 2012
Release DateJan 7th, 2010
Xeon E5CollectionPentium
Sandy Bridge-ENCodenameClarkdale
Intel Socket 1356SocketIntel Socket 1156
Server
Segment
Desktop
6
Cores2
12
Threads2
1.9 GHzBase Clock Speed
2.8 GHz
2.4 GHzTurbo Clock SpeedNon-Turbo
95 WTDP
73 W
32 nmProcess Size32 nm
19.0xMultiplier
21.0x
NoneIntegrated Graphics
Intel HD
NoOverclockableNo

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