Xeon E-2488 vs E5520
Aggregate performance score
Xeon E-2488 outperforms Xeon E5520 by a whopping 1054% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Xeon E5520 and Xeon E-2488 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2131 | 335 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 2.58 | 74.93 |
| Market segment | Server | Server |
| Power efficiency | 1.88 | 18.29 |
| Architecture codename | Gainestown (2009−2010) | Raptor Lake-S (2023−2024) |
| Release date | 30 March 2009 (15 years ago) | 14 December 2023 (1 year ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $19 | $606 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Xeon E-2488 has 2804% better value for money than Xeon E5520.
Detailed specifications
Xeon E5520 and Xeon E-2488 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.
| Physical cores | 4 (Quad-Core) | 8 (Octa-Core) |
| Performance-cores | no data | 8 |
| Threads | 8 | 16 |
| Base clock speed | 2.26 GHz | 3.2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.53 GHz | 5.6 GHz |
| Bus rate | no data | 16 GT/s |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | 80 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 256 KB (per core) | 2 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 8 MB (shared) | 24 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | Intel 7 nm |
| Die size | 263 mm2 | 257 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 72 °C | 100 °C |
| Number of transistors | 731 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon E5520 and Xeon E-2488 compatibility with other computer components: 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 configuration | 2 | 1 |
| Socket | FCLGA1366 | FCLGA1700 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 80 Watt | 95 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5520 and Xeon E-2488. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2 |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 1.0 | 2 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | + |
| Idle States | + | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | - | + |
| Demand Based Switching | + | no data |
| PAE | 40 Bit | no data |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | no data | + |
Security technologies
Xeon E5520 and Xeon E-2488 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | + |
| EDB | + | + |
| Secure Key | no data | + |
| OS Guard | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5520 and Xeon E-2488 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | + | + |
| VT-x | + | + |
| EPT | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5520 and Xeon E-2488. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR5-4800 |
| Maximum memory size | 144 GB | 128 GB |
| Max memory channels | 3 | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 25.6 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | N/A | N/A |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5520 and Xeon E-2488.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | 5 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 16 |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score 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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 1.58 | 18.23 |
| Recency | 30 March 2009 | 14 December 2023 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 8 |
| Threads | 8 | 16 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 80 Watt | 95 Watt |
Xeon E5520 has 18.8% lower power consumption.
Xeon E-2488, on the other hand, has a 1053.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 14 years, and 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.
The Xeon E-2488 is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon E5520 in performance tests.
Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon E5520 and Xeon E-2488, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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