Intel

Xeon W5580

Xeon W5580
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Effective Speed -52%Effective Speed -52%Average Score -133%Memory 10%, 1-Core -144%, 2-Core -145%, 4-Core -160%, 8-Core -227%Overclocked Score -132%1-Core -146%, 2-Core -151%, 4-Core -147%, 8-Core -221%, Memory 3%Value & Sentiment User Rating -91%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -324%64-Core -400%, 64-Core -423%, Age -150%

Average Bench: 69.8% (404^th of 1445)

Based on 19 user benchmarks. Device: BFEBFBFF000106A4 Model: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU W5580 @ 3.20GHz

Poor: 66%Average: 69.8% Great: 73%

Gaming 70%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 53%

Yacht

Popular builds with this CPU

Above average average bench

The Intel Xeon W5580 averaged 30.2% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Memory Latency 91.5Pts

Avg. Single Core Speed 75.7Pts

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Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Xeon W5580 is just 6.66%. This is an extremely narrow range which indicates that the Intel Xeon W5580 performs superbly consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 361Pts

Avg. Octa Core Speed 360Pts

Average Bench

(Based on 19 samples)

Rank 40469.8%

Min	Avg	Max
81.1	Memory 91.5	95.3
69.5	1-Core 75.7	79.3
130	2-Core 148	154
64.4% 105 Pts

Min	Avg	Max
171	4-Core 267	305
180	8-Core 360	399
39.7% 313 Pts

Min	Avg	Max
173	64-Core 361	404
22.4% 361 Pts

User Benchmarks

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The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

CYP-User, 2 years ago.Xeon W5580,

LGA1366, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads

Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg)

71.4% Very good

Memory 91.6

1-Core 77.6

2-Core 154

66% 108 Pts

4-Core 281

8-Core 383

42% 332 Pts

64-Core 391

24% 391 Pts

BRA-User, 2 years ago.Xeon W5580,

CPU, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads

Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)

70.2% Very good

Memory 88

1-Core 79.3

2-Core 154

65% 107 Pts

4-Core 305

8-Core 300

41% 303 Pts

64-Core 311

19% 311 Pts

USA-User, 2 years ago.Xeon W5580,

LGA1366, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads

Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)

69.4% Good

Memory 93.4

1-Core 73.5

2-Core 149

65% 105 Pts

4-Core 249

8-Core 349

38% 299 Pts

64-Core 349

22% 349 Pts

CYP-User, 2 years ago.Xeon W5580,

LGA1366, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads

Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg)

67.1% Good

Memory 81.1

1-Core 76.7

2-Core 150

62% 103 Pts

4-Core 293

8-Core 390

43% 342 Pts

64-Core 389

24% 389 Pts

CAN-User, 3 years ago.Xeon W5580,

CPU0 PROCESSOR, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads

Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg)

66.4% Good

Memory 85

1-Core 75.8

2-Core 150

62% 104 Pts

4-Core 260

8-Core 383

40% 322 Pts

64-Core 385

24% 385 Pts

PAK-User, 6 months ago.Xeon W5580,

CPU1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads

Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg)

58.3% Above average

Memory 87.4

1-Core 69.5

2-Core 130

60% 95.6 Pts

4-Core 171

8-Core 180

23% 175 Pts

64-Core 173

11% 173 Pts

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Gaming 37%

Jet ski

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

Raft

Motherboard: Asus P6T WS PRO

CPU
Xeon W5580IntelBench 70%, 19 samples	1x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	18x
GTX 680Nvidia $360Bench 32%, 38,995 samples	15x
GTX 760Nvidia $209Bench 26%, 161,132 samples	15x

SSD
GOODRAM 240GBBench 79%, 8,481 samples	8x
CS900 1TB SSDPNYBench 78%, 7,281 samples	8x
Solid State Disk 512GBSpccBench 71%, 30,264 samples	8x

RAM
6x2GBUnknownBench 46%, 38,297 samples	52x
6x4GBUnknownBench 47%, 28,320 samples	35x
3x4GBUnknownBench 42%, 39,448 samples	29x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $200

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Specifications

Essentials

Description	Intel® Xeon® Processor W5580 (8M Cache, 3.20 GHz, 6.40 GT/s Intel® QPI)
Code Name	Nehalem EP
Launch Date	Q1'09
Processor Number	W5580
# of Cores	4
# of Threads	8
Cache	8 MB SmartCache
Instruction Set	64-bit
Embedded Options Available	No
Lithography	45 nm
VID Voltage Range	0.75V -1.35V
Recommended Price	N/A
Clock Speed	3.20 GHz
Max Turbo Frequency	3.46 GHz
Bus Speed	6.4 GT/s QPI
QPI Links	2
Max TDP	130 W

Memory

Max Memory Size	144 GB
Memory Types	DDR3 800/1066/1333
Memory Channels	3
Memory Bandwidth	32 GB/s
Physical Address Extensions	40-bit
ECC Memory Supported	Yes

Data Protection

AES New Instructions	No

Advanced Technologies

Virtualization Tech (VT-x)	Yes
Intel 64	Yes
Idle States	Yes
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Tech	Yes
Turbo Boost Tech	1.0
Hyper-Threading Tech	Yes
Virtualization for Directed I/O (VT-d)	Yes
VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)	Yes
Demand Based Switching	Yes

Package

Package Size	42.5mm x 45mm
Max CPU Configuration	2
Sockets Supported	FCLGA1366
Processing Die Size	263 mm2
# of Processing Die Transistors	731 million

Platform Protection

Execute Disable Bit	Yes
Trusted Execution Tech	No

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Xeon W5580

Average Bench: 69.8% (404^th of 1445)

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Xeon W5580

Average Bench: 69.8% (404th of 1445)

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