[Dual CPU] Intel Xeon E5520 @ 2.27GHz

Benchmarks for the [Dual CPU] Intel Xeon E5520 can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

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[Dual CPU] Intel Xeon E5520 @ 2.27GHz

Description:

Class: Server

Socket: LGA1366

Clockspeed: 2.3 GHz

Turbo Speed: 2.5 GHz

Cores: 4^# Threads: 8^#

Typical TDP: 80 W^#

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 4 x 256 KB
L3 Cache: 8 MB

Other names: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5520 @ 2.27GHz, Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5520 @ 2.27GHz, Intel Xeon CPU E5520 @ 2.27GHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2009

CPUmark/$Price: 86.23

Overall Rank:
580th fastest in multithreading out of all multi-CPU CPUs

Last Price Change: $53.98 USD Total for 2 CPUs (2025-02-13)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

4655

Single Thread Rating

1103

Samples: 73*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 4,171
Thread: 1,041

^#The number of cores/threads and TDP is per CPU. To determine the total, multiply by the total CPU count.

CPU Test Suite Average Results for [Dual CPU] Intel Xeon E5520 @ 2.27GHz

Integer Math	26,529 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	11,381 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	30 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	14,551 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	874.2 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	113,077 KBytes/Sec
Physics	492 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	3,057 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,103 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 14th of May 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for [Dual CPU] Intel Xeon E5520 @ 2.27GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 13th of May 2025

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 13th of May 2025.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Server CPUs
As of 14th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX		62,374
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX		40,162
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz		39,163
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz		35,123
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745		33,287
ARM Neoverse-N1 64 Core 0 MHz		28,044
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		17,435
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		14,271
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz		10,394
Intel Xeon E5-1620 v3 @ 3.50GHz		6,991
[Dual CPU] Intel Xeon E5520 @ 2.27GHz		4,655

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 14th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
[Dual CPU] Intel Xeon E5520 @ 2.27GHz		86.23
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		82.26
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		73.77
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX		49.70
Intel Xeon E5-1620 v3 @ 3.50GHz		30.12
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz		7.29
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz		NA
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz		NA
ARM Neoverse-N1 64 Core 0 MHz		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745		NA
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 14th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745		3,935
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX		2,678
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX		2,659
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz		2,123
Intel Xeon E5-1620 v3 @ 3.50GHz		2,008
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		1,935
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		1,789
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz		1,329
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz		1,327
[Dual CPU] Intel Xeon E5520 @ 2.27GHz		1,103
ARM Neoverse-N1 64 Core 0 MHz		1,092

Last 5 Baselines for [Dual CPU] Intel Xeon E5520 @ 2.27GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2597247 - May 02 2025		5167
BL5093439 - May 01 2025		5030
BL5092093 - Apr 16 2025		5306
BL2492702 - Mar 19 2025 [Excluded]		4711
BL2445518 - Feb 27 2025 [Excluded]		4678

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for Intel Xeon E5520 @ 2.27GHz
As of 14th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Xeon E5520 @ 2.27GHz		4,655
AMD Opteron 4284 vs Intel Xeon E5520		4,665 (+0.2%)
Intel Xeon X5672 @ 3.20GHz vs Intel Xeon E5520		4,996 (+7.3%)
Intel Xeon E5-1410 @ 2.80GHz vs Intel Xeon E5520		4,852 (+4.2%)
Intel Xeon W3565 @ 3.20GHz vs Intel Xeon E5520		3,385 (-27.3%)
Intel Xeon W3550 @ 3.07GHz vs Intel Xeon E5520		3,245 (-30.3%)
Intel Xeon X3440 @ 2.53GHz vs Intel Xeon E5520		2,759 (-40.7%)
Intel Xeon X5450 @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Xeon E5520		2,418 (-48.0%)
Intel Xeon E5-2630L @ 2.00GHz vs Intel Xeon E5520		5,305 (+14.0%)
AMD Opteron 3280 vs Intel Xeon E5520		3,783 (-18.7%)
Intel Xeon E5620 @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Xeon E5520		3,621 (-22.2%)
Intel Xeon X5670 @ 2.93GHz vs Intel Xeon E5520		6,140 (+31.9%)
AMD Opteron 4274 HE vs Intel Xeon E5520		5,776 (+24.1%)

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