Samsung Exynos 5420 vs Intel Xeon E7-8857 v2

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Samsung Exynos 5420 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Xeon E7-8857 v2
Samsung Exynos 5420 Intel Xeon E7-8857 v2

CPU comparison

Samsung Exynos 5420 or Intel Xeon E7-8857 v2 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The Samsung Exynos 5420 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.90 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 0 memory channels. The Samsung Exynos 5420 was released in Q3/2013.

The Intel Xeon E7-8857 v2 has 12 cores with 12 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.60 GHz. The CPU supports up to 1536 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The Intel Xeon E7-8857 v2 was released in Q1/2014.
Samsung Exynos (47) Family Intel Xeon E7 (20)
Samsung Exynos 5260/5410/5420/5422/5800 (5) CPU group Intel Xeon E7 v2 (20)
3 Generation 4
Cortex-A15 / Cortex-A7 Architecture Ivy Bridge EX
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Samsung Exynos 5420 has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Samsung Exynos 5420 is 1.90 GHz while the Intel Xeon E7-8857 v2 has 12 CPU cores and 12 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon E7-8857 v2 is at 3.00 GHz (3.60 GHz).

Samsung Exynos 5420 Characteristic Intel Xeon E7-8857 v2
8 Cores 12
8 Threads 12
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
1.90 GHz
4x Cortex-A15
A-Core 3.00 GHz (3.60 GHz)
1.30 GHz
4x Cortex-A7
B-Core --

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

Samsung Exynos 5420 Characteristic Intel Xeon E7-8857 v2
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The Samsung Exynos 5420 or Intel Xeon E7-8857 v2 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

ARM Mali-T628 MP6 GPU no iGPU
0.53 GHz GPU frequency --
-- GPU (Turbo) --
Midgard 2 GPU Generation --
32nm Technology
1 Max. displays
6 Compute units --
96 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory --
11 DirectX Version --

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

ARM Mali-T628 MP6 GPU no iGPU
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 No
No Codec VP9 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC No
No Codec VC-1 No
No Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The Samsung Exynos 5420 can use up to GB of memory in 0 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is --. The Intel Xeon E7-8857 v2 supports up to 1536 GB of memory in 4 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 51.2 GB/s.

Samsung Exynos 5420 Characteristic Intel Xeon E7-8857 v2
LPDDR3e-933 Memory DDR3-1600
Max. Memory 1536 GB
0 Memory channels 4 (Quad Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth 51.2 GB/s
No ECC Yes
2.50 MB L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 30.00 MB
-- PCIe version --
-- PCIe lanes --
-- PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Samsung Exynos 5420 is --, while the Intel Xeon E7-8857 v2 has a TDP of 130 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Samsung Exynos 5420 Characteristic Intel Xeon E7-8857 v2
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 130 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Samsung Exynos 5420 is manufactured in 28 nm and has 2.50 MB cache. The Intel Xeon E7-8857 v2 is manufactured in 22 nm and has a 30.00 MB cache.

Samsung Exynos 5420 Characteristic Intel Xeon E7-8857 v2
28 nm Technology 22 nm
Unknown Chip design Monolithic
Armv7-A (32 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
-- Socket LGA 2011
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q3/2013 Release date Q1/2014
-- Release price 2800 $
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iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Samsung Exynos 5420 Samsung Exynos 5420
ARM Mali-T628 MP6 @ 0.53 GHz
102 (100%)
Intel Xeon E7-8857 v2 Intel Xeon E7-8857 v2
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

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