[Dual CPU] Intel Xeon E5540 @ 2.53GHz

Benchmarks for the [Dual CPU] 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.

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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 E5540 @ 2.53GHz

Description:

Class: Server

Socket: LGA1366

Clockspeed: 2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed: 2.8 GHz

⁴Cores: 4 ⁴Threads: 8

Typical TDP: 80 W⁴

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: 27.70

Overall Rank:
550th fastest in multithreading out of all multi-CPUs CPUs

Last Price Change: $177.86 USD Total for 2 CPUs (2023-05-27)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

4927

Single Thread Rating

1125

Samples: 24*
*Margin for error: Low

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

⁴The 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 E5540 @ 2.53GHz

Integer Math	27,898 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	11,838 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	31 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	15,177 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	963.5 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	115,726 KBytes/Sec
Physics	464 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	3,143 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,125 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 25th of February 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for [Dual CPU] Intel Xeon E5540 @ 2.53GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 22nd of February 2025

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 22nd of February 2025.
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 26th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX		75,778
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX		62,324
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz		42,209
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX		40,240
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz		34,997
ARM Neoverse-N1 64 Core 0 MHz		28,044
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		17,556
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		14,266
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz		10,398
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 @ 3.50GHz		9,327
[Dual CPU] Intel Xeon E5540 @ 2.53GHz		4,927

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 26th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		82.83
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		73.75
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX		46.00
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX		43.50
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 @ 3.50GHz		39.19
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX		29.66
[Dual CPU] Intel Xeon E5540 @ 2.53GHz		27.70
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz		7.30
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 26th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX		3,318
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX		2,677
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX		2,659
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz		2,123
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 @ 3.50GHz		2,050
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		1,939
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		1,787
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz		1,327
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz		1,324
[Dual CPU] Intel Xeon E5540 @ 2.53GHz		1,125
ARM Neoverse-N1 64 Core 0 MHz		1,092

Last 5 Baselines for [Dual CPU] Intel Xeon E5540 @ 2.53GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2430376 - Feb 21 2025		5737
BL5085915 - Feb 04 2025		6000
BL5075267 - Oct 07 2024		5844
BL2170474 - Aug 16 2024 [Excluded]		5146
BL2128276 - Jun 21 2024		3278

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

Popular comparisons for Intel Xeon E5540 @ 2.53GHz
As of 26th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Xeon E5540 @ 2.53GHz		4,927
Intel Xeon E3-1275 @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Xeon E5540		5,499 (+11.6%)
Intel Xeon E3-1270 @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Xeon E5540		5,361 (+8.8%)
Intel Xeon X5687 @ 3.60GHz vs Intel Xeon E5540		5,309 (+7.8%)
Intel Xeon E5630 @ 2.53GHz vs Intel Xeon E5540		3,790 (-23.1%)
Intel Xeon E5645 @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Xeon E5540		5,011 (+1.7%)
Intel Xeon E3-1225 @ 3.10GHz vs Intel Xeon E5540		3,915 (-20.5%)
Intel Xeon W3580 @ 3.33GHz vs Intel Xeon E5540		3,638 (-26.2%)
Intel Xeon W3540 @ 2.93GHz vs Intel Xeon E5540		3,109 (-36.9%)
Intel Xeon E3-1230 V2 @ 3.30GHz vs Intel Xeon E5540		6,194 (+25.7%)
Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5 @ 3.30GHz vs Intel Xeon E5540		5,971 (+21.2%)
Intel Xeon E5-2620 @ 2.00GHz vs Intel Xeon E5540		5,295 (+7.5%)
Intel Xeon D-1527 @ 2.20GHz vs Intel Xeon E5540		5,213 (+5.8%)

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