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: 65.95

Overall Rank:
3929th fastest in multithreading out of 5090 CPUs
3092nd fastest in single threading out of 5090 CPUs
1187th fastest in out of 1434 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1055

Single Thread Rating

1141

^%
Samples: 600*
*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	4,826 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,876 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	4 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,076 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	275.7 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	22,928 KBytes/Sec
Physics	90 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	397 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,141 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 24th of April 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Pentium E5500 @ 2.80GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 21st of April 2025

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 21st of April 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 April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,722
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,321
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,047
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,488
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,131
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,868
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,184
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,711
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,648
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,143
Intel Pentium E5500 @ 2.80GHz		1,055

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 24th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i9-13900K		147.03
Intel Core i9-12900K		131.18
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.32
Intel Pentium E5500 @ 2.80GHz		65.95
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		NA
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		NA
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 24th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,611
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,142
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,018
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,903
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,680
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,363
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,922
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,563
Intel Pentium E5500 @ 2.80GHz		1,141

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Pentium E5500 @ 2.80GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2568454 - Apr 20 2025		1197
BL2547664 - Apr 11 2025		1208
BL2493458 - Mar 19 2025		1240
BL2493450 - Mar 19 2025		1240
BL2477662 - Mar 13 2025		1210

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 April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Pentium E5500 @ 2.80GHz		1,055
AMD Phenom II X2 555 vs Intel Pentium E5500		1,308 (+24.1%)
AMD Athlon II X2 260 vs Intel Pentium E5500		1,214 (+15.1%)
AMD Athlon II X2 255 vs Intel Pentium E5500		1,204 (+14.2%)
Intel Pentium E5700 @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Pentium E5500		1,084 (+2.8%)
Intel Celeron E3400 @ 2.60GHz vs Intel Pentium E5500		883 (-16.3%)
AMD Athlon II X2 245e vs Intel Pentium E5500		1,126 (+6.8%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6600 @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Pentium E5500		942 (-10.6%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6550 @ 2.33GHz vs Intel Pentium E5500		908 (-13.9%)
AMD Athlon 7550 Dual-Core vs Intel Pentium E5500		900 (-14.6%)
AMD Phenom II X2 560 vs Intel Pentium E5500		1,381 (+31.0%)
Intel Pentium G620 @ 2.60GHz vs Intel Pentium E5500		1,214 (+15.1%)
AMD A4-4000 APU vs Intel Pentium E5500		1,152 (+9.2%)

Is the Intel Pentium E5500 @ 2.80GHz Good for Gaming?
As of 24th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,410
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,172
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,319
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,846
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,612
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,508
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,293
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,815
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,700
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,524
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		9,417
Intel Core Ultra 5 235		9,292
Intel Pentium E5500 @ 2.80GHz		169

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