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Intel Xeon E5540 @ 2.53GHz

Benchmarks for the Intel Xeon E5540 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 E5540 @ 2.53GHz

Description:

Class: Server

Socket: LGA1366

Clockspeed: 2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed: 2.8 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 E5540 @ 2.53GHz, Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5540 @ 2.53GHz, Intel Xeon CPU E5540 @ 2.53GHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2009

CPUmark/$Price: 31.55

Overall Rank:
2999th fastest in multithreading out of 5444 CPUs
3224th fastest in single threading out of 5444 CPUs
1000th fastest in out of 1178 Server CPUs

Last Price Change: $88.93 USD (2023-05-27)

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
2805
Single Thread Rating
1200

Samples: 50*
*Margin for error: Low



PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 4,570
Thread: 1,138

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Intel Xeon E5540 @ 2.53GHz

Integer Math14,945 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math6,349 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers20 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting7,826 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption525.0 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression62,158 KBytes/Sec
Physics338 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions1,823 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread1,200 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 10th of November 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Xeon E5540 @ 2.53GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 4th of November 2025


Not Enough Data from Current Version of PerformanceTest to Create Distribution Graph.

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 4th of November 2025.

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Pricing History


CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Server CPUs
As of 10th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX
 40,024
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz
 39,780
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz
 35,253
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745
 34,827
ARM Neoverse-N1 64 Core 0 MHz
 28,040
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645
 27,565
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz
 17,313
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz
 14,277
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz
 10,387
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 @ 3.50GHz
 9,292
Intel Xeon E5540 @ 2.53GHz
 2,805
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 10th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz
 81.68
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz
 73.81
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645
 61.71
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745
 57.60
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 @ 3.50GHz
 40.41
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX
 36.39
Intel Xeon E5540 @ 2.53GHz
 31.55
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz
 7.29
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz
 NA
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz
 NA
ARM Neoverse-N1 64 Core 0 MHz
 NA
Single Thread Rating
As of 10th of November 2025 - 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
 2,681
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz
 2,125
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 @ 3.50GHz
 2,039
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz
 1,934
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz
 1,786
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz
 1,329
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz
 1,328
Intel Xeon E5540 @ 2.53GHz
 1,200
ARM Neoverse-N1 64 Core 0 MHz
 1,093
Last 5 Baselines for Intel Xeon E5540 @ 2.53GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL2574309 - Apr 22 2025
2938
BL2405308 - Feb 11 2025 [Excluded]
2195
BL2405238 - Feb 11 2025 [Excluded]
2195
BL2008557 - Jan 28 2024
2870
BL1938429 - Nov 03 2023
2877
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
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As of 10th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
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