Samsung Exynos 7420 vs Intel Xeon Gold 5122

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Samsung Exynos 7420 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Xeon Gold 5122
Samsung Exynos 7420 Intel Xeon Gold 5122

CPU comparison

Samsung Exynos 7420 or Intel Xeon Gold 5122 - 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 7420 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.10 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 0 memory channels. The Samsung Exynos 7420 was released in Q2/2015.

The Intel Xeon Gold 5122 has 4 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.70 GHz. The CPU supports up to 768 GB of memory in 6 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Gold 5122 was released in Q3/2017.
Samsung Exynos (46) Family Intel Xeon Gold (163)
Samsung Exynos 7420 (1) CPU group Intel Xeon Gold 5100/6100 (34)
1 Generation 1
Cortex-A57 / Cortex-A53 Architecture Skylake
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Samsung Exynos 7420 is a 8 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.10 GHz. The Intel Xeon Gold 5122 has 4 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 3.60 GHz (3.70 GHz).

Samsung Exynos 7420 Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 5122
8 Cores 4
8 Threads 8
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.10 GHz
4x Cortex-A57
A-Core 3.60 GHz (3.70 GHz)
1.50 GHz
4x Cortex-A53
B-Core --

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

Samsung Exynos 7420 Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 5122
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.

ARM Mali-T760 MP8 GPU no iGPU
0.70 GHz GPU frequency --
0.77 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
Midgard 3 GPU Generation --
28nm Technology
2 Max. displays
8 Compute units --
128 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-T760 MP8 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 7420 supports a maximum of GB of memory in 0 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Gold 5122 can connect up to 768 GB of memory in 6 memory channels.

Samsung Exynos 7420 Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 5122
LPDDR4-1600 Memory DDR4-2666
Max. Memory 768 GB
0 Memory channels 6 (Hexa Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth 128.1 GB/s
No ECC Yes
0.51 MB L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 17.00 MB
-- PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 48
-- PCIe Bandwidth 47.3 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Samsung Exynos 7420 has a TDP of --, that of the Intel Xeon Gold 5122 is 105 W.

Samsung Exynos 7420 Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 5122
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 105 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Samsung Exynos 7420 has a 0.51 MB cache, while the Intel Xeon Gold 5122 cache has a total of 17.00 MB.

Samsung Exynos 7420 Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 5122
14 nm Technology 14 nm
Unknown Chip design Monolithic
Armv8-A (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
-- Socket LGA 3647
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q2/2015 Release date Q3/2017
-- Release price 1250 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Samsung Exynos 7420 (23%)
Intel Xeon Gold 5122 (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Samsung Exynos 7420 (20%)
Intel Xeon Gold 5122 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Samsung Exynos 7420 Samsung Exynos 7420
8C 8T @ 2.10 GHz
244 (23%)
Intel Xeon Gold 5122 Intel Xeon Gold 5122
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
1057 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Samsung Exynos 7420 Samsung Exynos 7420
8C 8T @ 2.10 GHz
945 (21%)
Intel Xeon Gold 5122 Intel Xeon Gold 5122
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
4428 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Samsung Exynos 7420 Samsung Exynos 7420
8C 8T @ 2.10 GHz
280 (22%)
Intel Xeon Gold 5122 Intel Xeon Gold 5122
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
1284 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Samsung Exynos 7420 Samsung Exynos 7420
8C 8T @ 2.10 GHz
1618 (18%)
Intel Xeon Gold 5122 Intel Xeon Gold 5122
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
8884 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Samsung Exynos 7420 Samsung Exynos 7420
8C 8T @ 2.10 GHz
850 (100%)
Intel Xeon Gold 5122 Intel Xeon Gold 5122
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
0 (0%)

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 7420 Samsung Exynos 7420
ARM Mali-T760 MP8 @ 0.77 GHz
210 (100%)
Intel Xeon Gold 5122 Intel Xeon Gold 5122
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

AnTuTu 8 Benchmark

The AnTuTu 8 Benchmark measures the performance of a SoC. AnTuTu benchmarks the CPU, GPU, Memory as well as the UX (User Experience) by simulating browser and app usage. AnTuTu can benchmark any ARM CPU that runs under Android or iOS. Devices may not be directly compareable if the benchmark has been performed under different operating systems.

In the AnTuTu 8 benchmark, the single-core performance of a processor is only slightly weighted. The evaluation consists of the multi-core performance of the processor, the speed of the RAM and the performance of the internal graphics.
Samsung Exynos 7420 Samsung Exynos 7420
8C 8T @ 2.10 GHz
112550 (100%)
Intel Xeon Gold 5122 Intel Xeon Gold 5122
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Samsung Exynos 7420 Samsung Exynos 7420
8C 8T @ 2.10 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon Gold 5122 Intel Xeon Gold 5122
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
162 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Samsung Exynos 7420 Samsung Exynos 7420
8C 8T @ 2.10 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon Gold 5122 Intel Xeon Gold 5122
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
827 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Samsung Exynos 7420 Intel Xeon Gold 5122
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