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Intel Xeon 5160: specs and benchmarks
Summary
Intel started Xeon 5160 sales on June 2006 at a recommended price of $22. 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 3000 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is LGA771 processor with a TDP of 80 Watt. It supports DDR2 memory.
It provides poor benchmark performance at 0.76% of a leader's which is AMD EPYC 9654.
General info
Xeon 5160 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in performance ranking | 2515 | |
| Value for money | 2.15 | |
| Market segment | Server | |
| Architecture codename | Woodcrest (2006) | |
| Release date | June 2006 (17 years old) | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $22 | of 305 (Core i7-870) |
| Current price | $92 (4.2x MSRP) | of 15710 (Xeon Platinum 8276L) |
Value for money
Technical specs
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 | 3 GHz | of 4.7 (FX-9590) |
| Boost clock speed | 3 GHz | of 6 (Core i9-13900KS) |
| L1 cache | 0 KB | of 7475.2 (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core) |
| L2 cache | 4 MB | of 36 (Apple M2 Max) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | of 786432 (EPYC 7373X) |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | of 4 (Ryzen 9 7940HS) |
| Maximum core temperature | 65 °C | of 110 (Atom x7-E3950) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | |
| Unlocked multiplier | - | |
| VID voltage range | B2=1.0V-1.5V, G0=.85V-1.5V |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon 5160 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 (Opteron 842) |
| Socket | LGA771 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 80 Watt | of 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Xeon 5160. 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 | - | |
| PAE | 32 Bit | |
| 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 5160's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR2 | of 5600 (Ryzen 9 7940HS) |
| ECC memory support | - |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Xeon 5160. 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.
Benchmark coverage: 68%
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.
Benchmark coverage: 41%
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.
Benchmark coverage: 41%
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Mining hashrates
Cryptocurrency mining performance of Xeon 5160. Usually measured in megahashes per second.
| Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) | 4.7 Mh/s |
Relative perfomance
Overall Xeon 5160 performance compared to nearest competitors among server CPUs.
Similar processors
Here is our recommendation of several processors that are more or less close in performance to the one reviewed.
Recommended GPUs
People consider these graphics cards to be good for Xeon 5160, according to our PC configuration statistics.
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These are the fastest graphics cards for Xeon 5160 in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 43 configurations based on Xeon 5160 in our database.
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