Intel Xeon E5-2696 v2 @ 2.50GHz

Benchmarks for the Intel Xeon E5-2696 v2 can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

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Intel Xeon E5-2696 v2 @ 2.50GHz

Description:

Class: Server

Socket: LGA2011

Clockspeed: 2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed: 3.3 GHz

Cores: 12 Threads: 24

Typical TDP: 120 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 12 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 12 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 12 x 256 KB
L3 Cache: 30 MB

Other names: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2696 v2 @ 2.50GHz, Intel Xeon CPU E5-2696 v2 @ 2.50GHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2013

CPUmark/$Price: NA

Overall Rank:
1019th fastest in multithreading out of 5003 CPUs
2023rd fastest in single threading out of 5003 CPUs
466th fastest in out of 1065 Server CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

14048

Single Thread Rating

1695

Samples: 92*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 16,136
Thread: 1,642

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Intel Xeon E5-2696 v2 @ 2.50GHz

Integer Math	58,309 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	29,156 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	63 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	35,454 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	4,396 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	262,679 KBytes/Sec
Physics	838 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	11,195 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,695 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 25th of February 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Xeon E5-2696 v2 @ 2.50GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 24th of February 2025

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 24th of February 2025.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Server CPUs
As of 26th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX		75,778
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX		62,324
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz		42,209
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX		40,240
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz		34,997
ARM Neoverse-N1 64 Core 0 MHz		28,044
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		17,556
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		14,266
Intel Xeon E5-2696 v2 @ 2.50GHz		14,048
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz		10,398
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 @ 3.50GHz		9,327

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 26th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		82.83
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		73.75
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX		46.00
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX		43.50
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 @ 3.50GHz		39.19
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX		29.66
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz		7.30
Intel Xeon E5-2696 v2 @ 2.50GHz		NA
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz		NA
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz		NA
ARM Neoverse-N1 64 Core 0 MHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 26th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX		3,318
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX		2,677
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX		2,659
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz		2,123
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 @ 3.50GHz		2,050
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		1,939
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		1,787
Intel Xeon E5-2696 v2 @ 2.50GHz		1,695
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz		1,327
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz		1,324
ARM Neoverse-N1 64 Core 0 MHz		1,092

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Xeon E5-2696 v2 @ 2.50GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2397715 - Feb 07 2025		9675
BL2375151 - Jan 29 2025		14873
BL2295369 - Dec 23 2024		14985
BL2247619 - Nov 17 2024		12621
BL2200521 - Sep 21 2024		12402

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for Intel Xeon E5-2696 v2 @ 2.50GHz
As of 26th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Xeon E5-2696 v2 @ 2.50GHz		14,048
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2696 v2		14,266 (+1.6%)
Intel Xeon E5-2690 v2 @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2696 v2		13,433 (-4.4%)
Intel Xeon E5-2695 v2 @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2696 v2		13,319 (-5.2%)
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 @ 2.80GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2696 v2		12,699 (-9.6%)
Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 @ 2.50GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2696 v2		11,374 (-19.0%)
Intel Xeon E5-2690 v3 @ 2.60GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2696 v2		16,143 (+14.9%)
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3 @ 2.50GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2696 v2		14,945 (+6.4%)
Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3 @ 2.30GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2696 v2		13,532 (-3.7%)
Intel Xeon E5-2667 v2 @ 3.30GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2696 v2		12,285 (-12.5%)
Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2 @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2696 v2		12,246 (-12.8%)
Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 @ 2.50GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2696 v2		14,731 (+4.9%)
Intel Xeon E5-2673 v3 @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2696 v2		14,226 (+1.3%)

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