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: 35.72

Overall Rank:
4386th fastest in multithreading out of 5787 CPUs
3453rd fastest in single threading out of 5787 CPUs
1263rd fastest in out of 1554 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $29.95 USD (2025-11-18)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1070

Single Thread Rating

1141

^%
Samples: 615*
*Margin for error: Low

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

^%Single 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	4,884 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,854 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	4 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,059 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	279.4 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	22,982 KBytes/Sec
Physics	91 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	407 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,141 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 15th of February 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Pentium E5500 @ 2.80GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 10th of February 2026

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 10th of February 2026.
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 15th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,450
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,291
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,940
Apple M4 10 Core		23,701
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,843
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,582
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,084
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,679
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,640
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,133
Intel Pentium E5500 @ 2.80GHz		1,070

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 15th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		136.53
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		130.23
Intel Core i9-14900K		124.63
Intel Core i5-12400F		122.39
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		117.87
Intel Core i9-13900K		107.95
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		60.60
Intel Pentium E5500 @ 2.80GHz		35.72
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M4 10 Core		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 15th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,694
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,600
Apple M4 10 Core		4,516
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,886
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,676
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,489
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,467
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,365
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,914
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,560
Intel Pentium E5500 @ 2.80GHz		1,141

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Pentium E5500 @ 2.80GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3242710 - Jan 26 2026		1227
BL3190042 - Jan 05 2026		866
BL3132062 - Dec 13 2025		1252
BL3131099 - Dec 13 2025		1266
BL3103745 - Dec 03 2025		1217

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

Popular comparisons for Intel Pentium E5500 @ 2.80GHz
As of 15th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Pentium E5500 @ 2.80GHz		1,070
AMD Athlon II X2 250 vs Intel Pentium E5500		1,184 (+10.6%)
AMD Athlon II X2 B24 vs Intel Pentium E5500		1,124 (+5.0%)
AMD Athlon II X2 B22 vs Intel Pentium E5500		1,064 (-0.5%)
AMD Athlon II X2 240 vs Intel Pentium E5500		1,060 (-1.0%)
AMD Athlon II X2 215 vs Intel Pentium E5500		1,011 (-5.5%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6700 @ 2.66GHz vs Intel Pentium E5500		975 (-8.9%)
Intel Core2 Duo E8400 @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Pentium E5500		1,220 (+14.0%)
Intel Pentium E6800 @ 3.33GHz vs Intel Pentium E5500		1,155 (+8.0%)
AMD A4-5300B APU vs Intel Pentium E5500		1,246 (+16.4%)
Intel Pentium E5700 @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Pentium E5500		1,094 (+2.2%)
AMD Athlon II X2 210e vs Intel Pentium E5500		1,089 (+1.8%)
AMD Athlon II X2 240e vs Intel Pentium E5500		1,007 (-5.9%)

Is the Intel Pentium E5500 @ 2.80GHz Good for Gaming?
As of 15th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2		14,501
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,430
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,123
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,258
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,793
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus		10,695
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,517
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,381
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,258
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,192
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,778
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,775
Intel Pentium E5500 @ 2.80GHz		169

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