Intel Xeon Gold 5520 vs Intel Xeon X5660

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Intel Xeon Gold 5520+

Intel Xeon X5660

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon Gold 5520 with 28 cores 2.2GHz and Intel Xeon X5660 with 6 cores 2.8GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon Gold 5520 's Advantages

Released 13 years and 9 months late

Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 3)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 2)

Larger L3 cache size (52.5MB vs 12MB)

More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 32nm)

Intel Xeon X5660 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.8GHz vs 2.2GHz)

Lower TDP (95W vs 205W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon Gold 5520 +200%

1414

Intel Xeon X5660

471

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon Gold 5520 +610%

14750

Intel Xeon X5660

2075

Intel Xeon Gold 5520

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Intel Xeon X5660

General Parameters

Dec 2023

Release Date

Mar 2010

Intel

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Emerald Rapids

Core Architecture

Westmere-EP

Intel Socket 4677

Socket

Intel Socket 1366

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon Gold (Emerald Rapids-SP)

Generation

Xeon (Westmere-EP)

Package

-

Transistor Count

1.17 billions

10 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

205 W

Power Consumption

95 W

85 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

Intel

Foundry

Intel

2x763 mm²

Die Size

239 mm²

CPU Performance

2.2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.8 GHz

4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.2 GHz

28

Total Core Count

6

56

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

133 MHz

22.0

Multiplier

21.0

80 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

2 MB per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

52.5 MB shared

L3 Cache

12 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

AVX-512 FMA Ports

-

Memory Parameters

DDR5-4800

Memory Types

DDR3

8

Max Memory Channels

3

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

5

PCIe Version

2

80

PCIe Lanes

-

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