[Dual CPU] Intel Xeon X5660 @ 2.80GHz

Benchmarks for the [Dual CPU] Intel Xeon X5660 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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The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
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[Dual CPU] Intel Xeon X5660 @ 2.80GHz

Description:

Class: Server

Socket: LGA1366

Clockspeed: 2.8 GHz

Turbo Speed: 3.2 GHz

⁴Cores: 6 ⁴Threads: 12

Typical TDP: 95 W⁴

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 6 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 6 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 6 x 256 KB
L3 Cache: 12 MB

Other names: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X5660 @ 2.80GHz, Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X5660 @ 2.80GHz, Intel Xeon CPU X5660 @ 2.80GHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2010

CPUmark/$Price: 517.50

Overall Rank:
460th fastest in multithreading out of all multi-CPUs CPUs

Last Price Change: $19.96 USD Total for 2 CPUs (2024-12-16)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

10329

Single Thread Rating

1348

Samples: 83*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 7,256
Thread: 1,308

⁴The 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 X5660 @ 2.80GHz

Integer Math	49,360 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	21,167 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	44 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	25,834 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	3,892 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	201,790 KBytes/Sec
Physics	637 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	5,745 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,348 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 28th of March 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for [Dual CPU] Intel Xeon X5660 @ 2.80GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 25th of March 2025

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 25th of March 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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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Server CPUs
As of 28th of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX		75,620
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX		62,378
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz		41,730
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX		40,237
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz		34,997
ARM Neoverse-N1 64 Core 0 MHz		28,044
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		17,499
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		14,267
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz		10,390
[Dual CPU] Intel Xeon X5660 @ 2.80GHz		10,329
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 @ 3.50GHz		9,329

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 28th of March 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
[Dual CPU] Intel Xeon X5660 @ 2.80GHz		517.50
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		82.56
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		73.75
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX		47.98
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 @ 3.50GHz		40.57
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX		29.60
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 Threadripper PRO 3955WX		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 28th of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX		3,318
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX		2,678
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX		2,659
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz		2,122
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 @ 3.50GHz		2,049
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		1,933
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		1,788
[Dual CPU] Intel Xeon X5660 @ 2.80GHz		1,348
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz		1,327
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz		1,327
ARM Neoverse-N1 64 Core 0 MHz		1,092

Last 5 Baselines for [Dual CPU] Intel Xeon X5660 @ 2.80GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2503525 - Mar 24 2025		10368
BL2487873 - Mar 17 2025		9244
BL2487668 - Mar 17 2025		9266
BL2475851 - Mar 12 2025		4842
BL2418474 - Feb 16 2025 [Excluded]		9633

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

Popular comparisons for Intel Xeon X5660 @ 2.80GHz
As of 28th of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Xeon X5660 @ 2.80GHz		10,329
Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Xeon X5660		8,054 (-22.0%)
Intel Xeon E5-1650 @ 3.20GHz vs Intel Xeon X5660		8,087 (-21.7%)
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Xeon X5660		10,390 (+0.6%)
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Xeon X5660		9,329 (-9.7%)
Intel Xeon E5-2620 v3 @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Xeon X5660		7,797 (-24.5%)
Intel Xeon X5667 @ 3.07GHz vs Intel Xeon X5660		4,659 (-54.9%)
Intel Xeon W-2133 @ 3.60GHz vs Intel Xeon X5660		12,685 (+22.8%)
Intel Xeon W-10855M @ 2.80GHz vs Intel Xeon X5660		12,514 (+21.2%)
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 @ 3.60GHz vs Intel Xeon X5660		11,407 (+10.4%)
Intel Xeon E5-4620 v3 @ 2.00GHz vs Intel Xeon X5660		10,525 (+1.9%)
Intel Xeon E5-1660 @ 3.30GHz vs Intel Xeon X5660		8,354 (-19.1%)
AMD Opteron 6348 vs Intel Xeon X5660		7,850 (-24.0%)

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