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: 40.11

Overall Rank:
1717th fastest in multithreading out of 4901 CPUs
2491st fastest in single threading out of 4901 CPUs
722nd fastest in out of 1042 Server CPUs

Last Price Change: $149.95 USD (2024-05-30)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

6015

Single Thread Rating

1372

Samples: 311*
*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 Math	25,051 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	10,609 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	31 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	13,443 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	2,222 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	101,664 KBytes/Sec
Physics	465 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	2,785 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,372 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 30th of November 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Xeon X5660 @ 2.80GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 25th of November 2024

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 25th of November 2024.
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 1st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX		62,477
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz		43,229
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX		40,274
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz		34,639
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3945WX		33,546
ARM Neoverse-N1 64 Core 0 MHz		28,044
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		17,713
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		14,286
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz		10,423
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 @ 3.50GHz		9,325
Intel Xeon X5660 @ 2.80GHz		6,015

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 1st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		886.11
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		73.85
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX		42.39
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX		40.97
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 @ 3.50GHz		40.55
Intel Xeon X5660 @ 2.80GHz		40.11
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz		7.31
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz		NA
ARM Neoverse-N1 64 Core 0 MHz		NA
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz		NA
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3945WX		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 1st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3945WX		2,698
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX		2,681
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX		2,656
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz		2,123
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 @ 3.50GHz		2,052
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		1,955
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		1,794
Intel Xeon X5660 @ 2.80GHz		1,372
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz		1,326
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz		1,323
ARM Neoverse-N1 64 Core 0 MHz		1,092

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Xeon X5660 @ 2.80GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2255502 - Nov 25 2024 [Excluded]		4704
BL2199518 - Sep 20 2024		6272
BL2199509 - Sep 20 2024		6403
BL2198728 - Sep 19 2024 [Excluded]		5341
BL2191117 - Sep 10 2024 [Excluded]		5352

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

Popular comparisons for Intel Xeon X5660 @ 2.80GHz
As of 1st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Xeon X5660 @ 2.80GHz		6,015
Intel Xeon W3680 @ 3.33GHz vs Intel Xeon X5660		7,003 (+16.4%)
Intel Xeon X5690 @ 3.47GHz vs Intel Xeon X5660		7,034 (+16.9%)
Intel Xeon E5645 @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Xeon X5660		5,048 (-16.1%)
Intel Xeon X5670 @ 2.93GHz vs Intel Xeon X5660		6,105 (+1.5%)
Intel Xeon E5649 @ 2.53GHz vs Intel Xeon X5660		5,686 (-5.5%)
Intel Xeon E3-1275 @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Xeon X5660		5,516 (-8.3%)
Intel Xeon E3-1240 @ 3.30GHz vs Intel Xeon X5660		5,403 (-10.2%)
Intel Xeon E5-1650 @ 3.20GHz vs Intel Xeon X5660		8,113 (+34.9%)
Intel Xeon E3-1270 @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Xeon X5660		5,350 (-11.1%)
AMD Opteron 6272 vs Intel Xeon X5660		5,240 (-12.9%)
Intel Xeon L5640 @ 2.27GHz vs Intel Xeon X5660		4,645 (-22.8%)
Intel Xeon E5-1620 v4 @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Xeon X5660		7,386 (+22.8%)

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