Xeon 5080: specs and benchmarks
Summary
Intel started Xeon 5080 sales 23 May 2006. This is a Dempsey architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at professional systems. It has 2 cores and 4 threads, and is based on 65 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 73 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is PLGA771 processor with a TDP of 130 Watt. It supports DDR2 memory.
Primary Details
Xeon 5080 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in performance ranking | not rated | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Server | |
| Architecture codename | Dempsey (2006) | |
| Release date | 23 May 2006 (17 years ago) | |
| Current price | $162 | of 15701 (Xeon Platinum 8276L) |
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 | 2 (Dual-core) | |
| Threads | 4 | |
| Base clock speed | 3.73 GHz | of 4.7 (FX-9590) |
| Boost clock speed | 0.07 GHz | of 6.2 (Core i9-14900KS) |
| L1 cache | 16 KB (per core) | of 7475.2 (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core) |
| L2 cache | 2 MB (per core) | of 96 (Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | of 786432 (EPYC 7373X) |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | of 3 (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| Die size | 2x 81 mm2 | |
| Maximum core temperature | 78 °C | of 110 (Atom x7-E3950) |
| Number of transistors | 376 million | of 9900000 (Ryzen 5 7645HX) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | |
| VID voltage range | 1.075V-1.35V |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon 5080 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 configuration | 2 | of 8 (Opteron 842) |
| Socket | PLGA771 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 130 Watt | of 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Xeon 5080. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | |
| Idle States | - | |
| Demand Based Switching | - | |
| FSB parity | + | |
| Status | Discontinued |
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 5080's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR2 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of a GPU integrated into Xeon 5080.
| Integrated graphics card | N/A |
Recommended GPUs
People consider these graphics cards to be good for Xeon 5080, according to our PC configuration statistics.
These are the fastest graphics cards for Xeon 5080 in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 6 configurations based on Xeon 5080 in our database.
