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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.

Is the Intel Pentium E5500 @ 2.80GHz Good for Gaming?

This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]

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: 35.74

Overall Rank:
4278th fastest in multithreading out of 5492 CPUs
3378th fastest in single threading out of 5492 CPUs
1232nd fastest in out of 1484 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
1071
Single Thread Rating
1144
%
Samples: 613*
*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 Math4,886 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math2,861 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers4 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting3,066 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption279.6 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression23,036 KBytes/Sec
Physics91 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions407 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread1,144 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 14th of December 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Pentium E5500 @ 2.80GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 9th of December 2025
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 9th of December 2025.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

MerchantPricePurchase
Amazon.com$29.95 USDBuy Now!
NewEgg.comNACPU Not Available. See Other Models
BestBuy.comNACPU Not Available. See Other Models
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Pricing History


CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 15th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K
58,550
Intel Core i9-13900K
58,348
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
38,951
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
22,147
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
21,845
Intel Core i5-12400F
19,547
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
18,108
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
17,684
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
15,652
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
14,143
Intel Pentium E5500 @ 2.80GHz
1,071
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 15th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
267.94
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
164.62
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
159.58
Intel Core i9-14900K
130.94
Intel Core i5-12400F
122.18
Intel Core i9-13900K
106.30
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
53.74
Intel Pentium E5500 @ 2.80GHz
35.74
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 15th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K
4,696
Intel Core i9-13900K
4,601
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
3,889
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
3,833
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
3,677
Intel Core i5-12400F
3,487
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
3,467
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
3,364
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
2,915
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
2,561
Intel Pentium E5500 @ 2.80GHz
1,144
Last 5 Baselines for Intel Pentium E5500 @ 2.80GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL3131148 - Dec 13 2025
1271
BL3131099 - Dec 13 2025
1266
BL3103745 - Dec 03 2025
1217
BL3056945 - Nov 16 2025
747
BL2968967 - Oct 11 2025
1276
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 December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Pentium E5500 @ 2.80GHz
1,071
AMD Athlon II X2 250 vs Intel Pentium E5500
1,181 (+10.3%)
AMD Athlon II X2 B24 vs Intel Pentium E5500
1,124 (+5.0%)
AMD Athlon II X2 B22 vs Intel Pentium E5500
1,064 (-0.6%)
AMD Athlon II X2 240 vs Intel Pentium E5500
1,060 (-1.0%)
AMD Athlon II X2 215 vs Intel Pentium E5500
1,011 (-5.6%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6700 @ 2.66GHz vs Intel Pentium E5500
975 (-8.9%)
Intel Core2 Duo E8400 @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Pentium E5500
1,218 (+13.8%)
Intel Pentium E6800 @ 3.33GHz vs Intel Pentium E5500
1,155 (+7.9%)
AMD A4-5300B APU vs Intel Pentium E5500
1,246 (+16.4%)
Intel Pentium E5700 @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Pentium E5500
1,091 (+1.9%)
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 December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
12,441
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
12,125
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
11,254
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
10,796
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
10,513
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
10,446
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D
10,285
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
10,269
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
9,777
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D
9,683
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
9,472
Intel Core Ultra 9 285
9,415
Intel Pentium E5500 @ 2.80GHz
170