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Intel Xeon E5520 @ 2.27GHz

Benchmarks for the Intel Xeon E5520 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 E5520 @ 2.27GHz

Description:

Class: Server

Socket: LGA1366

Clockspeed: 2.3 GHz

Turbo Speed: 2.5 GHz

Cores: 4 Threads: 8

Typical TDP: 80 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 4 x 256 KB
L3 Cache: 8 MB

Other names: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5520 @ 2.27GHz, Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5520 @ 2.27GHz, Intel Xeon CPU E5520 @ 2.27GHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2009

CPUmark/$Price: 94.15

Overall Rank:
3252nd fastest in multithreading out of 5787 CPUs
3656th fastest in single threading out of 5787 CPUs
1040th fastest in out of 1229 Server CPUs

Last Price Change: $26.99 USD (2025-02-13)

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
2541
Single Thread Rating
1060

Samples: 191*
*Margin for error: Low



PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 4,171
Thread: 1,041

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Intel Xeon E5520 @ 2.27GHz

Integer Math13,251 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math5,763 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers21 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting7,484 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption466.3 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression55,764 KBytes/Sec
Physics364 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions1,517 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread1,060 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 14th of February 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Xeon E5520 @ 2.27GHz

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 Server CPUs
As of 14th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX
 39,928
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz
 39,780
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745
 34,827
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz
 34,788
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645
 27,565
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz
 17,236
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz
 14,249
Hygon C86-3G (OPN:3350)
 11,656
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 @ 3.60GHz
 11,328
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz
 10,378
Intel Xeon E5520 @ 2.27GHz
 2,541
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 14th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Xeon E5520 @ 2.27GHz
 94.15
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz
 81.32
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz
 73.66
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645
 61.71
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745
 57.60
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX
 39.93
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 @ 3.60GHz
 26.35
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz
 7.28
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz
 NA
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz
 NA
Hygon C86-3G (OPN:3350)
 NA
Single Thread Rating
As of 14th of February 2026 - 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
 2,680
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 @ 3.60GHz
 2,369
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz
 2,122
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz
 1,931
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz
 1,779
Hygon C86-3G (OPN:3350)
 1,715
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz
 1,329
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz
 1,328
Intel Xeon E5520 @ 2.27GHz
 1,060
Last 5 Baselines for Intel Xeon E5520 @ 2.27GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL5106312 - Nov 06 2025
2788
BL2538212 - Apr 07 2025 [Excluded]
2485
BL2257474 - Nov 27 2024
2660
BL2246649 - Nov 16 2024
2659
BL2173877 - Aug 20 2024
2688
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for Intel Xeon E5520 @ 2.27GHz
As of 14th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
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Intel Xeon E5520 @ 2.27GHz
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