Xeon 5160: specs and benchmarks

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Xeon 5160
2006
2 cores / 2 threads, 80 Watt
0.61

Xeon 5160 provides poor benchmark performance at 0.61% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.

Summary

Intel started Xeon 5160 sales on June 2006 at a recommended price of $22. This is a Woodcrest architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 2 cores and 2 threads, and is based on 65 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 3000 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is LGA771 processor with a TDP of 80 Watt. It supports DDR2 memory.

Primary details

Xeon 5160 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in the ranking2803
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.15
Market segmentServer
Power efficiency0.72of 100.00 (Ryzen Z1 Extreme)
Architecture codenameWoodcrest (2006)
Release dateJune 2006 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$22of 17,906 (Xeon Platinum 8280L)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores2 (Dual-core)
Threads2
Base clock speed3 GHzof 4.7 GHz (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed3 GHzof 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS)
L1 cache0 KBof 80 KB (EPYC 9965)
L2 cache4 MBof 2 MB (Xeon 6980P)
L3 cache0 KBof 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X)
Chip lithography65 nmof 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Maximum core temperature65 °Cof 110 °C (Atom x7-E3950)
64 bit support+
Windows 11 compatibility-
VID voltage rangeB2=1.0V-1.5V, G0=.85V-1.5V

Compatibility

Information on Xeon 5160 compatibility with other computer components and devices: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1of 8 (Opteron 842)
SocketLGA771
Power consumption (TDP)80 Wattof 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Xeon 5160. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+
Turbo Boost Technology-
Hyper-Threading Technology-
Idle States+
Thermal Monitoring+
Demand Based Switching-
PAE32 Bit
FSB parity+

Security technologies

Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-
EDB+

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

VT-x+
EPT-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Xeon 5160's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR2

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Xeon 5160. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Xeon 5160 0.61

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Xeon 5160 963

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Xeon 5160 378

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Xeon 5160 571

Gaming performance

Closest competitors

Xeon 5160's performance relative to its closest rivals among server CPUs.


Xeon X5260 127.87
Xeon W3505 119.67
Xeon W3503 114.75
Xeon 5160 100
Xeon 5150 95.08
Xeon L3406 95.08
Xeon 5148 93.44

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Xeon 5160 is Opteron 252, which is slower by 21% and lower by 112 positions in our ranking.

Here are some closest AMD rivals to Xeon 5160:

Opteron X2170 196.72
Xeon 5160 100
Opteron 252 78.69
Opteron 250 67.21
Opteron 246 65.57

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Recommended GPUs

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