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Intel Xeon E7420
604DDR2/DDR34C / 4T90WDunnington45nmEnd-of-life
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Total Cores4
Total Threads4
Base Clock2.13 GHz
BCLK / Multiplier266 MHz / 8.0xx
CodenameDunnington
MicroarchitectureDunnington
Process Node45nm
FoundryIntel
Die Size503.0 mm²
Transistors1.90 billion
Production StatusEnd-of-life
Market SegmentServer/Workstation
Launch DateSep 15, 2008
Launch Price$1177.00
Instruction Sets
MMXSSESSE2SSE3SSE4.1Intel 64XD-BitiAMT2VT-xTXT
About This Product
The Intel Xeon E7420 is a quad-core server/workstation CPU from the Dunnington microarchitecture, released as an end-of-life product. With a base clock of 2.13 GHz and 4 threads, it offers basic multi-core processing suitable for legacy server applications or light workstation tasks. Its integrated graphics and 90W TDP are typical for its era, but it is significantly outperformed by modern CPUs in its price range for most workloads.
Pros
- Integrated graphics for basic display
- Low power consumption for its class
- Suitable for legacy server systems
Cons
- Very low performance by modern standards
- Outdated socket 604
- No hyper-threading
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