Intel Xeon X5560 @ 2.80GHz

Benchmarks for the Intel Xeon X5560 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.
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Intel Xeon X5560 @ 2.80GHz

Description:

Class: Server

Socket: LGA1366

Clockspeed: 2.8 GHz

Turbo Speed: 3.2 GHz

Cores: 4 Threads: 8

Typical TDP: 95 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: 0 MB

Other names: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X5560 @ 2.80GHz, Intel Xeon CPU X5560 @ 2.80GHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2009

CPUmark/$Price: 32.10

Overall Rank:
2610th fastest in multithreading out of 5155 CPUs
2666th fastest in single threading out of 5155 CPUs
913th fastest in out of 1107 Server CPUs

Last Price Change: $100.00 USD (2023-05-24)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

3210

Single Thread Rating

1385

Samples: 79*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 5,212
Thread: 1,312

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Intel Xeon X5560 @ 2.80GHz

Integer Math	16,997 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	7,205 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	23 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	9,256 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	600.9 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	70,597 KBytes/Sec
Physics	381 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	2,023 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,385 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 20th of June 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Xeon X5560 @ 2.80GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 17th of June 2025

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From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 17th of June 2025.

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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Server CPUs
As of 21st of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX		40,160
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz		39,163
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz		35,253
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745		33,699
ARM Neoverse-N1 64 Core 0 MHz		28,044
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645		25,081
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		17,409
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		14,291
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz		10,391
Intel Xeon E5-1620 v3 @ 3.50GHz		6,995
Intel Xeon X5560 @ 2.80GHz		3,210

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 21st of June 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		82.14
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		73.88
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX		45.90
Intel Xeon X5560 @ 2.80GHz		32.10
Intel Xeon E5-1620 v3 @ 3.50GHz		30.14
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
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 21st of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745		4,000
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645		3,594
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX		2,679
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz		2,122
Intel Xeon E5-1620 v3 @ 3.50GHz		2,010
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		1,935
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		1,791
Intel Xeon X5560 @ 2.80GHz		1,385
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz		1,329
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz		1,328
ARM Neoverse-N1 64 Core 0 MHz		1,092

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Xeon X5560 @ 2.80GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2575747 - Apr 23 2025		3271
BL2419847 - Feb 16 2025		3405
BL2408776 - Feb 12 2025		3374
BL2319074 - Jan 03 2025		3307
BL1632062 - Sep 18 2022		3248

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

Popular comparisons for Intel Xeon X5560 @ 2.80GHz
As of 21st of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Xeon X5560 @ 2.80GHz		3,210
Intel Xeon X5570 @ 2.93GHz vs Intel Xeon X5560		3,317 (+3.3%)
Intel Xeon X5550 @ 2.67GHz vs Intel Xeon X5560		3,027 (-5.7%)
Intel Xeon E5540 @ 2.53GHz vs Intel Xeon X5560		2,805 (-12.6%)
Intel Xeon X3470 @ 2.93GHz vs Intel Xeon X5560		3,307 (+3.0%)
Intel Xeon L5630 @ 2.13GHz vs Intel Xeon X5560		3,048 (-5.1%)
Intel Xeon X5482 @ 3.20GHz vs Intel Xeon X5560		2,755 (-14.2%)
AMD Opteron 4226 vs Intel Xeon X5560		3,400 (+5.9%)
Intel Xeon W3540 @ 2.93GHz vs Intel Xeon X5560		3,109 (-3.2%)
AMD Opteron 6174 vs Intel Xeon X5560		3,697 (+15.2%)
Intel Xeon W3565 @ 3.20GHz vs Intel Xeon X5560		3,380 (+5.3%)
Intel Xeon W3550 @ 3.07GHz vs Intel Xeon X5560		3,245 (+1.1%)
Intel Xeon W3520 @ 2.67GHz vs Intel Xeon X5560		2,926 (-8.9%)

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