Intel Xeon E5520 vs Intel Pentium D 820

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5520 and Intel Pentium D 820 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5520

• CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 9 month(s) later
• 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
• 6 more threads: 8 vs 2
• Around 12% higher maximum core temperature: 72°C vs 64.1°C
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 90 nm
• 9.1x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• Around 19% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 95 Watt
• 2.2x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 397 vs 179
• 6.4x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 1969 vs 307

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium D 820

• Around 11% higher clock speed: 2.8 GHz vs 2.53 GHz
• 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5520
CPU 2: Intel Pentium D 820

Geekbench 4 - Single Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	397 179
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	1969 307

Compare specifications (specs)