Xeon E7520: specs and benchmarks
Summary
Intel started Xeon E7520 sales 1 January 2010. This is a desktop processor primarily aimed at professional systems. It has 4 cores and 8 threads, and is based on 45 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 1870 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is FCLGA1567 processor with a TDP of 95 Watt.
Primary details
Xeon E7520 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Server | |
| Release date | 1 January 2010 (14 years ago) |
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 cores | 4 (Quad-Core) | |
| Threads | 8 | |
| Base clock speed | 1.87 GHz | of 4.7 GHz (FX-9590) |
| Boost clock speed | 1.87 GHz | of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS) |
| L3 cache | 18 MB L3 Cache | of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X) |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | of 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| Maximum core temperature | 70 °C | of 110 °C (Atom x7-E3950) |
| 64 bit support | - | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon E7520 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.
| Socket | FCLGA1567 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 95 Watt | of 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Xeon E7520. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + |
Security technologies
Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| EDB | + |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
| VT-x | + | |
| EPT | + |
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Recommended GPUs
People consider these graphics cards to be good for Xeon E7520, according to our PC configuration statistics.
These are the fastest graphics cards for Xeon E7520 in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 2 configurations using Xeon E7520 in our database.
