Xeon X5570: specs and benchmarks

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Xeon X5570
2009
4 cores / 8 threads, 95 Watt
2.08

Xeon X5570 provides poor benchmark performance at 2.08% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.

Summary

Intel started Xeon X5570 sales 30 March 2009 at a recommended price of $49. This is a Gainestown architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 4 cores and 8 threads, and is based on 45 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 3330 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is FCLGA1366 processor with a TDP of 95 Watt. It supports DDR3 memory.

Primary details

Xeon X5570 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in the ranking1883
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.98
Market segmentServer
Power efficiency2.07of 100.00 (Core Ultra 7 164U)
Architecture codenameGainestown (2009−2010)
Release date30 March 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$49of 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)
Threads8
Base clock speed2.93 GHzof 4.7 GHz (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed3.33 GHzof 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS)
L1 cache64 KB (per core)of 80 KB (EPYC 9965)
L2 cache256 KB (per core)
L3 cache8 MB (shared)of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X)
Chip lithography45 nmof 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Die size263 mm2
Maximum core temperature75 °Cof 110 °C (Atom x7-E3950)
Number of transistors731 millionof 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X)
64 bit support+
Windows 11 compatibility-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon X5570 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 configuration2of 8 (Opteron 842)
SocketFCLGA1366
Power consumption (TDP)95 Wattof 3100 ‑ 4500 (Ryzen 7 7435H)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Xeon X5570. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+
Turbo Boost Technology1.0
Hyper-Threading Technology+
Idle States+
Demand Based Switching+
PAE40 Bit

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-d+
VT-x+
EPT+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Xeon X5570's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3
Maximum memory size144 GBof 6 TiB (EPYC 9124)
Max memory channels3of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)
Maximum memory bandwidth32 GB/sof 460.8 GB/s (EPYC 9124)
ECC memory support+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of a GPU integrated into Xeon X5570.

Integrated graphics cardN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version2.0of 5.0 (Core i9-12900K)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Xeon X5570. 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 X5570 2.08

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 X5570 3310

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 X5570 494

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 X5570 1804

Gaming performance

Closest competitors

Xeon X5570's performance relative to its closest rivals among server CPUs.


Xeon W5580 101.92
Xeon W5590 100.96
Xeon X5570 100
Opteron 4386 99.04
Xeon W3570 99.04
Xeon X3480 99.04

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Xeon X5570 is Opteron 4386, which is slower by 1% and lower by 8 positions in our ranking.

Here are some closest AMD rivals to Xeon X5570:

Opteron 3365 124.04
Opteron 4334 119.71
Xeon X5570 100
Opteron 4386 99.04

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Recommended GPUs

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