Intel

Xeon E5520

Xeon E5520
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Effective Speed -80%Effective Speed -80%Average Score -211%Memory -0%, 1-Core -220%, 2-Core -223%, 4-Core -247%, 8-Core -364%Overclocked Score -190%1-Core -207%, 2-Core -206%, 4-Core -213%, 8-Core -321%, Memory -1%Value & Sentiment User Rating -90%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -501%64-Core -562%, 64-Core -632%, Age -310%

Average Bench: 59.1% (595^th of 1442)

Based on 1,397 user benchmarks. Devices: 1789FBFF000106A5, 1FABFBFF000106A5, 1F8BFBFF000106A5, BFEBFBFF000106A5 Model: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5520 @ 2.27GHz

Poor: 48%Average: 59.1% Great: 65%

Gaming 59%

Gunboat

Desktop 62%

Destroyer

Workstation 43%

Speed boat

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Average average bench

The Intel Xeon E5520 averaged 40.9% 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 82.7Pts

Avg. Single Core Speed 57.8Pts

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Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Xeon E5520 is just 17.9%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Intel Xeon E5520 performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 258Pts

Avg. Octa Core Speed 254Pts

Average Bench

(Based on 1,397 samples)

Rank 59559.1%

Min	Avg	Max
68.1	Memory 82.7	91.1
40.3	1-Core 57.8	63.5
75	2-Core 112	126
53.4% 84.2 Pts

Min	Avg	Max
126	4-Core 200	241
172	8-Core 254	304
29.1% 227 Pts

Min	Avg	Max
174	64-Core 258	305
16% 258 Pts

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

RUS-User, 3 months ago.Xeon E5520,

LGA1366, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads

Base clock 2.25 GHz, turbo 2.4 GHz (avg)

60.3% Good

Memory 84.8

1-Core 59.6

2-Core 119

55% 87.9 Pts

4-Core 197

8-Core 270

30% 234 Pts

64-Core 277

17% 277 Pts

USA-User, 4 months ago.Xeon E5520,

CPU1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads

Base clock 2.25 GHz, turbo 2.35 GHz (avg)

58.9% Above average

Memory 84.9

1-Core 60

2-Core 108

54% 84.4 Pts

4-Core 181

8-Core 256

27% 218 Pts

64-Core 265

16% 265 Pts

EGY-User, 4 months ago.Xeon E5520,

CPU1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads

Base clock 2.25 GHz, turbo 2.25 GHz (avg)

58.6% Above average

Memory 82.2

1-Core 56.6

2-Core 113

53% 83.9 Pts

4-Core 205

8-Core 207

28% 206 Pts

64-Core 213

13% 213 Pts

USA-User, 3 months ago.Xeon E5520,

CPU1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads

Base clock 2.25 GHz, turbo 2.4 GHz (avg)

57.4% Above average

Memory 82.4

1-Core 57.6

2-Core 100

52% 80.1 Pts

4-Core 177

8-Core 262

27% 219 Pts

64-Core 274

17% 274 Pts

PAK-User, 4 months ago.Xeon E5520,

CPU0 PROCESSOR, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads

Base clock 2.25 GHz, turbo 2.4 GHz (avg)

56.3% Above average

Memory 79.7

1-Core 57.7

2-Core 119

53% 85.6 Pts

4-Core 191

8-Core 200

26% 195 Pts

64-Core 201

12% 201 Pts

FRA-User, 3 days ago.Xeon E5520,

CPU0 PROCESSOR, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads

Base clock 2.25 GHz, turbo 2.4 GHz (avg)

55.8% Above average

Memory 76.3

1-Core 61.8

2-Core 110

52% 82.8 Pts

4-Core 192

8-Core 288

30% 240 Pts

64-Core 285

18% 285 Pts

USA-User, 2 months ago.Xeon E5520,

CPU-A (00), 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads

Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg)

55.6% Above average

Memory 75.9

1-Core 60.3

2-Core 120

52% 85.2 Pts

4-Core 200

8-Core 239

28% 219 Pts

64-Core 252

16% 252 Pts

USA-User, 25 days ago.Xeon E5520,

CPU, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads

Base clock 2.25 GHz, turbo 2.4 GHz (avg)

54% Above average

Memory 78.6

1-Core 52.5

2-Core 111

51% 80.7 Pts

4-Core 172

8-Core 182

23% 177 Pts

64-Core 197

12% 197 Pts

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Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 17%

Surfboard

System: Dell Precision WorkStation T5500

CPU
Xeon E5520IntelBench 59%, 1,397 samples	1x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	84x
Quadro 4000NvidiaBench 7%, 8,609 samples	82x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	61x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	74x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	31x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	29x

RAM
6x4GBUnknownBench 47%, 28,320 samples	246x
3x4GBUnknownBench 42%, 39,448 samples	119x
6x2GBUnknownBench 46%, 38,297 samples	117x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $87

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Specifications

Essentials

Description	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5520 (8M Cache, 2.26 GHz, 5.86 GT/s Intel® QPI)
Code Name	Nehalem EP
Launch Date	Q1'09
Processor Number	E5520
# 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	2.26 GHz
Max Turbo Frequency	2.53 GHz
Bus Speed	5.86 GT/s QPI
QPI Links	2
Max TDP	80 W

Memory

Max Memory Size	144 GB
Memory Types	DDR3 800/1066
Memory Channels	3
Memory Bandwidth	25.6 GB/s
Physical Address Extensions	40-bit
ECC Memory Supported	Yes

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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Excellent

4 years ago.

My Server work great with it! It has ESXi 6.5 and works lovely :D I recommend it :)

SVN-User

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Excellent

15 months ago.

Its more expensive than a W3690 and comparatively worse but its a good cpu nonetheless. It served me well as it is getting replaced tomorrow.

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Xeon E5520

Average Bench: 59.1% (595th of 1442)

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