Intel Pentium E5500 @ 2.80GHz

Benchmarks for the Intel Pentium E5500 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.

The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
The pricing history data shows the price for a single Processor. For multiple Processors, multiply the price shown by the number of CPUs.

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Intel Pentium E5500 @ 2.80GHz

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: LGA775

Clockspeed: 2.8 GHz

Cores: 2 Threads: 2

Typical TDP: 65 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 2 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 2 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 1 x 2048 KB

Other names: Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU E5500 @ 2.80GHz, Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU E5500 @ 2.80GHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2010

CPUmark/$Price: 65.02

Overall Rank:
3809th fastest in multithreading out of 4947 CPUs
2986th fastest in single threading out of 4947 CPUs
1162nd fastest in out of 1404 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $15.99 USD (2021-11-15)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1040

Single Thread Rating

1134

²
Samples: 594*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,641
Thread: 1,140

²Single thread rating may be higher than the overall rating, thread performance is just one component of the CPU Mark.

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Intel Pentium E5500 @ 2.80GHz

Integer Math	4,779 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,864 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	4 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,063 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	271.8 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	22,714 KBytes/Sec
Physics	90 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	389 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,134 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 23rd of January 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Pentium E5500 @ 2.80GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 22nd of January 2025

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 22nd of January 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 Desktop CPUs
As of 24th of January 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,869
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,403
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,081
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,577
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,112
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,881
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,227
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,731
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,610
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,154
Intel Pentium E5500 @ 2.80GHz		1,040

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 24th of January 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		200.76
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		188.64
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		146.43
Intel Core i9-12900K		146.05
Intel Core i9-13900K		125.50
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.54
Intel Pentium E5500 @ 2.80GHz		65.02
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		45.57
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 24th of January 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,615
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,153
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,025
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,904
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,837
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,685
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,362
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,925
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,565
Intel Pentium E5500 @ 2.80GHz		1,134

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Pentium E5500 @ 2.80GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2229145 - Oct 25 2024		1185
BL2171961 - Aug 17 2024		1104
BL2169350 - Aug 14 2024		1127
BL2154598 - Jul 26 2024		1104
BL2073657 - Apr 09 2024		1161

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

Popular comparisons for Intel Pentium E5500 @ 2.80GHz
As of 24th of January 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Pentium E5500 @ 2.80GHz		1,040
AMD Phenom II X2 555 vs Intel Pentium E5500		1,296 (+24.7%)
AMD Athlon II X2 260 vs Intel Pentium E5500		1,183 (+13.8%)
AMD Athlon II X2 255 vs Intel Pentium E5500		1,177 (+13.2%)
Intel Pentium E5700 @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Pentium E5500		1,094 (+5.3%)
Intel Celeron E3400 @ 2.60GHz vs Intel Pentium E5500		860 (-17.3%)
AMD Athlon II X2 245e vs Intel Pentium E5500		1,171 (+12.7%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6600 @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Pentium E5500		942 (-9.3%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6550 @ 2.33GHz vs Intel Pentium E5500		901 (-13.3%)
AMD Athlon 7550 Dual-Core vs Intel Pentium E5500		900 (-13.4%)
AMD Phenom II X2 560 vs Intel Pentium E5500		1,374 (+32.2%)
Intel Pentium G620 @ 2.60GHz vs Intel Pentium E5500		1,204 (+15.8%)
AMD A4-4000 APU vs Intel Pentium E5500		1,148 (+10.5%)

Is the Intel Pentium E5500 @ 2.80GHz Good for Gaming?
As of 24th of January 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,192
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,871
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,696
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,613
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,312
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,852
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,569
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,488
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		9,353
Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF		9,177
Intel Core Ultra 9 285		9,153
Intel Core i9-14900KS		9,107
Intel Pentium E5500 @ 2.80GHz		168

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