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.
The pricing history data shows the price for a single Processor. For multiple Processors, multiply the price shown by the number of CPUs.

Compare List
Add other CPU:

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: 32.21

Overall Rank:
2806th fastest in multithreading out of 5440 CPUs
2850th fastest in single threading out of 5440 CPUs
977th fastest in out of 1177 Server CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

3221

Single Thread Rating

1383

Samples: 80*
*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	17,006 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	7,212 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	23 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	9,226 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	603.0 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	70,468 KBytes/Sec
Physics	383 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	2,041 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,383 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 7th of November 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Xeon X5560 @ 2.80GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 5th of November 2025

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

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 5th of November 2025.

Search for Intel Xeon X5560 @ 2.80GHz
from the Featured Merchants below:

Note: PassMark Software may earn compensation for sales from links on this site through affiliate programs.

Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Server CPUs
As of 7th 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		17,308
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		14,278
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz		10,387
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 @ 3.50GHz		9,292
Intel Xeon X5560 @ 2.80GHz		3,221

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 7th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		81.66
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 X5560 @ 2.80GHz		32.21
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 7th 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		2,040
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		1,934
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		1,787
Intel Xeon X5560 @ 2.80GHz		1,383
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		1,093

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Xeon X5560 @ 2.80GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2785015 - Jul 23 2025		3331
BL2575747 - Apr 23 2025		3271
BL2419847 - Feb 16 2025		3405
BL2408776 - Feb 12 2025		3374
BL2319074 - Jan 03 2025		3307

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

Popular comparisons for Intel Xeon X5560 @ 2.80GHz
As of 7th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Xeon X5560 @ 2.80GHz		3,221
Intel Xeon X5570 @ 2.93GHz vs Intel Xeon X5560		3,306 (+2.6%)
Intel Xeon X5550 @ 2.67GHz vs Intel Xeon X5560		3,036 (-5.8%)
Intel Xeon E5540 @ 2.53GHz vs Intel Xeon X5560		2,805 (-12.9%)
Intel Xeon X3470 @ 2.93GHz vs Intel Xeon X5560		3,340 (+3.7%)
Intel Xeon L5630 @ 2.13GHz vs Intel Xeon X5560		3,048 (-5.4%)
Intel Xeon X5482 @ 3.20GHz vs Intel Xeon X5560		2,755 (-14.5%)
AMD Opteron 4226 vs Intel Xeon X5560		3,400 (+5.6%)
Intel Xeon W3540 @ 2.93GHz vs Intel Xeon X5560		3,139 (-2.6%)
AMD Opteron 6174 vs Intel Xeon X5560		3,697 (+14.8%)
Intel Xeon W3565 @ 3.20GHz vs Intel Xeon X5560		3,390 (+5.2%)
Intel Xeon W3550 @ 3.07GHz vs Intel Xeon X5560		3,251 (+0.9%)
Intel Xeon W3520 @ 2.67GHz vs Intel Xeon X5560		2,939 (-8.8%)

CPU Benchmarks

CPU Benchmarks

Intel Xeon X5560 @ 2.80GHz

Add CPUs to start comparisons

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

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Xeon X5560 @ 2.80GHz

Pricing History