[Dual CPU] Intel Xeon E5520 @ 2.27GHz

Benchmarks for the [Dual CPU] 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.

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The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
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[Dual CPU] 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: 86.36

Overall Rank:
649th fastest in multithreading out of all multi-CPU CPUs

Last Price Change: $53.98 USD Total for 2 CPUs (2025-02-13)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

4662

Single Thread Rating

1102

Samples: 86*
*Margin for error: Low

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

^#The number of cores/threads and TDP is per CPU. To determine the total, multiply by the total CPU count.

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

Integer Math	26,409 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	11,359 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	30 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	14,426 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	876.4 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	113,348 KBytes/Sec
Physics	490 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	3,094 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,102 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 16th of February 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for [Dual CPU] Intel Xeon E5520 @ 2.27GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 14th of February 2026

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 14th 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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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Server CPUs
As of 16th 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		34,826
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz		34,788
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645		27,565
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		17,233
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		14,252
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
[Dual CPU] Intel Xeon E5520 @ 2.27GHz		4,662

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 16th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
[Dual CPU] Intel Xeon E5520 @ 2.27GHz		86.36
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		81.31
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		73.68
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 16th 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		1,780
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
[Dual CPU] Intel Xeon E5520 @ 2.27GHz		1,102

Last 5 Baselines for [Dual CPU] Intel Xeon E5520 @ 2.27GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3260892 - Feb 03 2026		5179
BL3251188 - Jan 30 2026		4982
BL3203002 - Jan 10 2026 [Excluded]		4739
BL3091449 - Nov 29 2025		4650
BL3091400 - Nov 28 2025 [Excluded]		4497

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

Popular comparisons for Intel Xeon E5520 @ 2.27GHz
As of 16th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Xeon E5520 @ 2.27GHz		4,662
Intel Xeon E5620 @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Xeon E5520		3,621 (-22.3%)
AMD Opteron 4284 vs Intel Xeon E5520		4,665 (+0.1%)
Intel Xeon X5672 @ 3.20GHz vs Intel Xeon E5520		5,036 (+8.0%)
Intel Xeon E5-1410 @ 2.80GHz vs Intel Xeon E5520		4,852 (+4.1%)
Intel Xeon E5-2603 v3 @ 1.60GHz vs Intel Xeon E5520		3,825 (-18.0%)
Intel Xeon W3565 @ 3.20GHz vs Intel Xeon E5520		3,394 (-27.2%)
Intel Xeon W3550 @ 3.07GHz vs Intel Xeon E5520		3,256 (-30.1%)
Intel Xeon X3440 @ 2.53GHz vs Intel Xeon E5520		2,769 (-40.6%)
Intel Xeon X5450 @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Xeon E5520		2,426 (-48.0%)
Intel Xeon E5-2630L @ 2.00GHz vs Intel Xeon E5520		5,305 (+13.8%)
AMD Opteron 3280 vs Intel Xeon E5520		3,783 (-18.8%)
AMD Opteron 4274 HE vs Intel Xeon E5520		5,776 (+23.9%)

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