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Intel Xeon X5660 @ 2.80GHz

Benchmarks for the 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.

  • 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.

Intel Xeon X5660 @ 2.80GHz

Description:

Class: Server

Socket: LGA1366

Clockspeed: 2.8 GHz

Turbo Speed: 3.2 GHz

Cores: 6 Threads: 12

Typical TDP: 95 W

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: 599.06

Overall Rank:
2062nd fastest in multithreading out of 5440 CPUs
2878th fastest in single threading out of 5440 CPUs
847th fastest in out of 1177 Server CPUs

Last Price Change: $9.98 USD (2024-12-16)

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
5979
Single Thread Rating
1366

Samples: 333*
*Margin for error: Low



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

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Intel Xeon X5660 @ 2.80GHz

Integer Math24,977 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math10,577 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers30 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting13,324 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption2,167 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression101,727 KBytes/Sec
Physics452 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions2,863 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread1,366 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 7th of November 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Xeon X5660 @ 2.80GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 4th of November 2025
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 4th of November 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 7th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX
 40,024
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz
 39,780
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz
 35,253
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745
 34,827
ARM Neoverse-N1 64 Core 0 MHz
 28,040
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645
 27,565
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz
 17,308
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz
 14,278
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz
 10,387
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 @ 3.50GHz
 9,292
Intel Xeon X5660 @ 2.80GHz
 5,979
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 7th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Xeon X5660 @ 2.80GHz
 599.06
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz
 81.66
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz
 73.81
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645
 61.71
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745
 57.60
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 @ 3.50GHz
 40.41
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX
 36.39
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
Single Thread Rating
As of 7th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745
 4,117
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645
 3,954
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX
 2,681
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz
 2,125
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 @ 3.50GHz
 2,040
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz
 1,934
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz
 1,787
Intel Xeon X5660 @ 2.80GHz
 1,366
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz
 1,329
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz
 1,328
ARM Neoverse-N1 64 Core 0 MHz
 1,093
Last 5 Baselines for Intel Xeon X5660 @ 2.80GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL3006060 - Oct 26 2025
5796
BL2974494 - Oct 13 2025
6174
BL2792519 - Jul 26 2025 [Excluded]
1822
BL5097079 - Jun 24 2025 [Excluded]
355
BL5097078 - Jun 24 2025 [Excluded]
504
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for Intel Xeon X5660 @ 2.80GHz
As of 7th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
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Intel Xeon X5660 @ 2.80GHz
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