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Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5 @ 2.90GHz

Benchmarks for the Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5 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.

  • The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
  • The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
  • The pricing history data shows the price for a single Processor. For multiple Processors, multiply the price shown by the number of CPUs.

Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5 @ 2.90GHz

Description:

Class: Server

Socket: FCLGA1151

Clockspeed: 2.9 GHz

Turbo Speed: 3.9 GHz

Cores: 4 Threads: 8

Typical TDP: 45 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 4 x 256 KB
L3 Cache: 8 MB

Memory Support: Max. Memory Size: 64 GB (DDR4-1866/2133, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.35V, ECC Supported)

Other names: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1260L v5 @ 2.90GHz, Intel Xeon CPU E3-1260L v5 @ 2.90GHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2016

CPUmark/$Price: 31.91

Overall Rank:
1746th fastest in multithreading out of 5790 CPUs
1366th fastest in single threading out of 5790 CPUs
740th fastest in out of 1229 Server CPUs

Last Price Change: $258.70 USD (2021-11-09)

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
8254
Single Thread Rating
2317

Samples: 33*
*Margin for error: Low



PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 10,276
Thread: 2,173

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5 @ 2.90GHz

Integer Math25,738 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math16,038 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers29 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting14,615 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption2,908 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression114,010 KBytes/Sec
Physics606 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions7,188 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread2,317 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 17th of February 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5 @ 2.90GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 11th of February 2026
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 11th of February 2026.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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Pricing History


CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Server CPUs
As of 18th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX
 39,928
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz
 39,780
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745
 34,826
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz
 34,788
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645
 27,565
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz
 17,233
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz
 14,252
Hygon C86-3G (OPN:3350)
 11,656
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 @ 3.60GHz
 11,328
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz
 10,378
Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5 @ 2.90GHz
 8,254
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 18th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz
 81.31
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz
 73.68
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645
 61.71
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745
 57.60
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX
 39.93
Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5 @ 2.90GHz
 31.91
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 @ 3.60GHz
 26.35
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz
 7.28
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz
 NA
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz
 NA
Hygon C86-3G (OPN:3350)
 NA
Single Thread Rating
As of 18th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745
 4,117
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645
 3,954
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX
 2,680
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 @ 3.60GHz
 2,369
Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5 @ 2.90GHz
 2,317
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz
 2,122
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz
 1,931
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz
 1,780
Hygon C86-3G (OPN:3350)
 1,715
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz
 1,329
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz
 1,328
Last 5 Baselines for Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5 @ 2.90GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL3277888 - Feb 10 2026
8641
BL2312265 - Dec 31 2024
8395
BL2308116 - Dec 29 2024
8293
BL2206860 - Sep 29 2024
8305
BL2181734 - Aug 29 2024
8372
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5 @ 2.90GHz
As of 18th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5 @ 2.90GHz
 8,254
Intel Xeon E5-1620 v4 @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5
 7,327 (-11.2%)
Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 3.70GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5
 8,254 (0.0%)
Intel Xeon E3-1270 v6 @ 3.80GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5
 8,959 (+8.5%)
Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2 @ 3.70GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5
 6,498 (-21.3%)
Intel Xeon E5-1630 v3 @ 3.70GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5
 7,416 (-10.2%)
Intel Xeon E3-1241 v3 @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5
 7,160 (-13.3%)
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5
 9,307 (+12.8%)
Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5 @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5
 7,927 (-4.0%)
Intel Xeon E5-2637 v3 @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5
 7,251 (-12.1%)
Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 @ 3.30GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5
 6,843 (-17.1%)
Intel Xeon E5-2623 v3 @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5
 6,632 (-19.7%)
Intel Xeon E3-1240L v5 @ 2.10GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5
 6,547 (-20.7%)