Even better, I just remembered it was an AMD. If these machines were the best cpu for the gen, this 2009 cpu is ~50% more effective than the 2021 rpi4 cpu.
https://shoredata.us.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/DL385G5.pdf
AMD Opteron 2356 vs BCM2711 [cpubenchmark.net] by PassMark Software
Comparing AMD Opteron 2356 vs BCM2711