Xeon 5120: specs and benchmarks
Aggregate performance score
Xeon 5120 provides poor benchmark performance at 0.48% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.
Summary
Intel started Xeon 5120 sales on June 2006 at a recommended price of $45. 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 1866 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is LGA771 processor with a TDP of 65 Watt. It supports DDR2 memory.
Primary details
Xeon 5120 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in the ranking | 2911 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Server | |
| Power efficiency | 0.70 | of 100.00 (Core Ultra 7 164U) |
| Architecture codename | Woodcrest (2006) | |
| Release date | June 2006 (18 years ago) | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $45 | of 17,906 (Xeon Platinum 8280L) |
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 | 2 | |
| Base clock speed | 1.86 GHz | of 4.7 GHz (Ryzen 9 7900X) |
| Boost clock speed | 1.87 GHz | of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS) |
| L1 cache | 0 KB | of 80 KB (EPYC 9965) |
| L2 cache | 4 MB | of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X) |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | of 3 nm (Core Ultra 9 285K) |
| Maximum core temperature | 65 °C | of 110 °C (Core Ultra 9 185H) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | |
| VID voltage range | B2=1.0V-1.5V, G0=.85V-1.5V |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon 5120 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 | 1 | of 8 (Xeon Platinum 8454H) |
| Socket | LGA771 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | of 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Xeon 5120. 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 | - | |
| 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 5120's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR2 |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Xeon 5120. 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.
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.
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AMD equivalent
According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Xeon 5120 is Opteron 252, which is nearly equal in speed and lower by 4 positions in our ranking.
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Recommended GPUs
People consider these graphics cards to be good for Xeon 5120, according to our PC configuration statistics.
These are the fastest graphics cards for Xeon 5120 in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 11 configurations using Xeon 5120 in our database.
