Intel Xeon E5520: CPU Specs and Performance, Benchmarks
The Intel Xeon E5520 is a 4-core and 8-thread processor configuration with a base clock speed of 2270 MHz. The CPU specifications and performance tests (benchmarks) are listed below.
Performance (Benchmarks)
- Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score
- 376
- Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score
- 1644
- PassMark CPU Mark Rating
- 2514
- PassMark Single Thread Rating
- 1036
Processor Specs
- Processor
- Intel Xeon E5520
- Frequency
- 2270 MHz
- Maximum Frequency
- 2530 MHz
- Cores
- 4
- Threads
- 8
- TDP
- 80 W
- Codename
- Gainestown
- Package
- Socket 1366 LGA

Geekbench 5 Benchmark
- Single-Core Score
- 371
- Multi-Core Score
- 2617
- Benchmark
- Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for macOS x86 (64-bit)
System Information
- Operating System
- macOS 10.14.6 (Build 18G9323)
- Model
- MacPro5,1
- Model ID
- MacPro5,1
- Motherboard
- Apple Inc. Mac-F221BEC8
CPU Specifications
- Name
- Intel Xeon E5520
- Topology
- 2 Processors, 8 Cores, 16 Threads
- Identifier
- GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 26 Stepping 5
- Base Frequency
- 2.26 GHz
- L1 Instruction Cache
- 32.0 KB x 4
- L1 Data Cache
- 32.0 KB x 4
- L2 Cache
- 256 KB x 4
- L3 Cache
- 8.00 MB x 1
Memory Information
- Size
- 16.00 GB
- Transfer Rate
- 1066 MT/s
- Type
- DDR3
Geekbench 5 result (single)
| Single-Core Score | 371 |
|---|---|
| Crypto Score | 41 |
| Integer Score | 379 |
| Floating Point Score | 409 |
| AES-XTS | 41 71.6 MB/sec |
| Text Compression (LZMA) | 434 2.19 MB/sec |
| Image Compression | 421 19.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm) | 434 1.22 MTE/sec |
| HTML5 | 318 373.2 KElements/sec |
| SQLite | 383 120.1 Krows/sec |
| PDF Rendering | 305 16.5 Mpixels/sec |
| Text Rendering | 361 114.9 KB/sec |
| Clang | 387 3.01 Klines/sec |
| Camera | 393 4.55 images/sec |
| N-Body Physics | 301 376.7 Kpairs/sec |
| Rigid Body Physics | 560 3471.5 FPS |
| Gaussian Blur | 310 17.0 Mpixels/sec |
| Face Detection | 444 3.42 images/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 420 10.3 Mpixels/sec |
| Image Inpainting | 541 26.6 Mpixels/sec |
| HDR | 745 10.2 Mpixels/sec |
| Ray Tracing | 468 375.6 Kpixels/sec |
| Structure from Motion | 317 2.84 Kpixels/sec |
| Speech Recognition | 428 13.7 Words/sec |
| Machine Learning | 214 8.25 images/sec |
Geekbench 5 result (multi)
| Multi-Core Score | 2617 |
|---|---|
| Crypto Score | 334 |
| Integer Score | 2685 |
| Floating Point Score | 2849 |
| AES-XTS | 334 582.8 MB/sec |
| Text Compression (LZMA) | 4031 20.4 MB/sec |
| Image Compression | 3611 170.8 Mpixels/sec |
| Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm) | 2394 6.75 MTE/sec |
| HTML5 | 2476 2.91 MElements/sec |
| SQLite | 3061 958.9 Krows/sec |
| PDF Rendering | 2294 124.5 Mpixels/sec |
| Text Rendering | 2108 671.7 KB/sec |
| Clang | 3106 24.2 Klines/sec |
| Camera | 1828 21.2 images/sec |
| N-Body Physics | 2092 2.62 Mpairs/sec |
| Rigid Body Physics | 4290 26580.5 FPS |
| Gaussian Blur | 2838 156.0 Mpixels/sec |
| Face Detection | 3728 28.7 images/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 2850 70.2 Mpixels/sec |
| Image Inpainting | 4557 223.6 Mpixels/sec |
| HDR | 5190 70.7 Mpixels/sec |
| Ray Tracing | 2928 2.35 Mpixels/sec |
| Structure from Motion | 2184 19.6 Kpixels/sec |
| Speech Recognition | 2371 75.8 Words/sec |
| Machine Learning | 1034 40.0 images/sec |