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Intel Xeon X5660 @ 2.80GHz

Benchmarks for the Intel Xeon X5660 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 X5660 @ 2.80GHz

Description:

Class: Server

Socket: LGA1366

Clockspeed: 2.8 GHz

Turbo Speed: 3.2 GHz

Cores: 6 Threads: 12

Typical TDP: 95 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 6 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 6 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 6 x 256 KB
L3 Cache: 12 MB

Other names: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X5660 @ 2.80GHz, Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X5660 @ 2.80GHz, Intel Xeon CPU X5660 @ 2.80GHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2010

CPUmark/$Price: 600.36

Overall Rank:
2141st fastest in multithreading out of 5778 CPUs
2967th fastest in single threading out of 5778 CPUs
867th fastest in out of 1227 Server CPUs

Last Price Change: $9.98 USD (2024-12-16)

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
5992
Single Thread Rating
1366

Samples: 339*
*Margin for error: Low



PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 7,256
Thread: 1,308

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Intel Xeon X5660 @ 2.80GHz

Integer Math25,037 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math10,596 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers30 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting13,327 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption2,164 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression101,958 KBytes/Sec
Physics453 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions2,887 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread1,366 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 10th of February 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Xeon X5660 @ 2.80GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 3rd of February 2026
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 3rd 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 10th 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
 17,241
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz
 14,249
Hygon C86-3G (OPN:3350)
 11,656
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 @ 3.60GHz
 11,330
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz
 10,378
Intel Xeon X5660 @ 2.80GHz
 5,992
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 10th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Xeon X5660 @ 2.80GHz
 600.36
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz
 81.35
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 10th 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
 2,370
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz
 2,121
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz
 1,932
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz
 1,779
Hygon C86-3G (OPN:3350)
 1,715
Intel Xeon X5660 @ 2.80GHz
 1,366
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz
 1,329
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz
 1,328
Last 5 Baselines for Intel Xeon X5660 @ 2.80GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL3238871 - Jan 24 2026
6346
BL3238493 - Jan 24 2026
6303
BL3235631 - Jan 23 2026
5950
BL3192061 - Jan 06 2026
6569
BL3148565 - Dec 19 2025 [Excluded]
5311
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for Intel Xeon X5660 @ 2.80GHz
As of 10th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Xeon X5660 @ 2.80GHz
 5,992
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 5,749 (-4.0%)
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 7,026 (+17.3%)
Intel Xeon X5680 @ 3.33GHz vs Intel Xeon X5660
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 6,172 (+3.0%)
Intel Xeon L5640 @ 2.27GHz vs Intel Xeon X5660
 4,659 (-22.2%)
Intel Xeon W3690 @ 3.47GHz vs Intel Xeon X5660
 7,325 (+22.3%)
Intel Xeon X5690 @ 3.47GHz vs Intel Xeon X5660
 7,023 (+17.2%)
Intel Xeon X5675 @ 3.07GHz vs Intel Xeon X5660
 6,427 (+7.3%)
Intel Xeon W3670 @ 3.20GHz vs Intel Xeon X5660
 6,424 (+7.2%)
Intel Xeon E5645 @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Xeon X5660
 4,921 (-17.9%)
Intel Xeon E5-2640 @ 2.50GHz vs Intel Xeon X5660
 6,283 (+4.9%)
Intel Xeon E5-2630 @ 2.30GHz vs Intel Xeon X5660
 6,086 (+1.6%)