Intel Xeon X5550: CPU Specs and Performance, Benchmarks
The Intel Xeon X5550 is a 4-core and 8-thread processor configuration with a base clock speed of 2670 MHz. The CPU specifications and performance tests (benchmarks) are listed below.
Performance (Benchmarks)
- Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score
- 496
- Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score
- 2426
- PassMark CPU Mark Rating
- 2964
- PassMark Single Thread Rating
- 1313
Processor Specs
- Processor
- Intel Xeon X5550
- Frequency
- 2670 MHz
- Maximum Frequency
- 3060 MHz
- Cores
- 4
- Threads
- 8
- TDP
- 95 W
- Codename
- Gainestown
- Package
- Socket 1366 LGA

Geekbench 5 Benchmark
- Single-Core Score
- 495
- Multi-Core Score
- 3496
- Benchmark
- Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for macOS x86 (64-bit)
System Information
- Operating System
- macOS 10.13.6 (Build 17G14042)
- Model
- MacPro5,1
- Model ID
- MacPro5,1
- Motherboard
- Apple Inc. Mac-F221BEC8
CPU Specifications
- Name
- Intel Xeon X5550
- Topology
- 2 Processors, 8 Cores, 16 Threads
- Identifier
- GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 26 Stepping 5
- Base Frequency
- 2.66 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
- 32.00 GB
- Transfer Rate
- 1066 MT/s
- Type
- DDR3
Geekbench 5 result (single)
| Single-Core Score | 495 |
|---|---|
| Crypto Score | 56 |
| Integer Score | 501 |
| Floating Point Score | 556 |
| AES-XTS | 56 97.3 MB/sec |
| Text Compression (LZMA) | 597 3.02 MB/sec |
| Image Compression | 542 25.6 Mpixels/sec |
| Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm) | 501 1.41 MTE/sec |
| HTML5 | 428 502.5 KElements/sec |
| SQLite | 484 151.5 Krows/sec |
| PDF Rendering | 508 27.5 Mpixels/sec |
| Text Rendering | 441 140.4 KB/sec |
| Clang | 501 3.90 Klines/sec |
| Camera | 532 6.16 images/sec |
| N-Body Physics | 433 541.6 Kpairs/sec |
| Rigid Body Physics | 738 4574.2 FPS |
| Gaussian Blur | 484 26.6 Mpixels/sec |
| Face Detection | 586 4.51 images/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 563 13.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Image Inpainting | 949 46.6 Mpixels/sec |
| HDR | 982 13.4 Mpixels/sec |
| Ray Tracing | 589 473.2 Kpixels/sec |
| Structure from Motion | 421 3.77 Kpixels/sec |
| Speech Recognition | 522 16.7 Words/sec |
| Machine Learning | 256 9.89 images/sec |
Geekbench 5 result (multi)
| Multi-Core Score | 3496 |
|---|---|
| Crypto Score | 390 |
| Integer Score | 3416 |
| Floating Point Score | 4186 |
| AES-XTS | 390 681.0 MB/sec |
| Text Compression (LZMA) | 4198 21.2 MB/sec |
| Image Compression | 4322 204.5 Mpixels/sec |
| Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm) | 3131 8.83 MTE/sec |
| HTML5 | 2901 3.41 MElements/sec |
| SQLite | 3468 1.09 Mrows/sec |
| PDF Rendering | 2653 144.0 Mpixels/sec |
| Text Rendering | 3153 1004.7 KB/sec |
| Clang | 3974 31.0 Klines/sec |
| Camera | 3336 38.7 images/sec |
| N-Body Physics | 3298 4.13 Mpairs/sec |
| Rigid Body Physics | 6575 40737.3 FPS |
| Gaussian Blur | 3678 202.2 Mpixels/sec |
| Face Detection | 4909 37.8 images/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 4585 113.0 Mpixels/sec |
| Image Inpainting | 5963 292.5 Mpixels/sec |
| HDR | 7836 106.8 Mpixels/sec |
| Ray Tracing | 5432 4.36 Mpixels/sec |
| Structure from Motion | 3040 27.2 Kpixels/sec |
| Speech Recognition | 3203 102.4 Words/sec |
| Machine Learning | 1560 60.3 images/sec |