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Intel Xeon E5-1603 @ 2.80GHz

Benchmarks for the Intel Xeon E5-1603 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 E5-1603 @ 2.80GHz

Description:

Class: Server

Socket: LGA2011

Clockspeed: 2.8 GHz

Cores: 4 Threads: 4

Typical TDP: 130 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: 10 MB

Other names: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-1603 0 @ 2.80GHz, Intel Xeon CPU E5-1603 0 @ 2.80GHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2012

CPUmark/$Price: 102.54

Overall Rank:
2789th fastest in multithreading out of 5783 CPUs
3026th fastest in single threading out of 5783 CPUs
979th fastest in out of 1229 Server CPUs

Last Price Change: $33.89 USD (2022-07-02)

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
3475
Single Thread Rating
1338

Samples: 347*
*Margin for error: Low



PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 5,704
Thread: 1,486

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Intel Xeon E5-1603 @ 2.80GHz

Integer Math11,840 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math6,061 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers28 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting7,395 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption863.6 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression54,812 KBytes/Sec
Physics359 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions2,749 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread1,338 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 12th of February 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Xeon E5-1603 @ 2.80GHz

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 12th 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
 34,827
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz
 34,788
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645
 27,565
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz
 17,238
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz
 14,248
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 E5-1603 @ 2.80GHz
 3,475
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 12th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Xeon E5-1603 @ 2.80GHz
 102.54
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz
 81.33
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz
 73.65
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645
 61.71
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745
 57.60
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX
 39.93
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 12th 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 E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz
 2,122
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz
 1,931
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz
 1,779
Hygon C86-3G (OPN:3350)
 1,715
Intel Xeon E5-1603 @ 2.80GHz
 1,338
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz
 1,329
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz
 1,328
Last 5 Baselines for Intel Xeon E5-1603 @ 2.80GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL3266796 - Feb 06 2026
3662
BL3195366 - Jan 07 2026
3477
BL3170679 - Dec 28 2025
3084
BL3147972 - Dec 19 2025
3656
BL3131013 - Dec 13 2025
2179
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for Intel Xeon E5-1603 @ 2.80GHz
As of 12th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Xeon E5-1603 @ 2.80GHz
 3,475
Intel Xeon E5-2407 v2 @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-1603
 3,354 (-3.5%)
Intel Xeon E5-2407 @ 2.20GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-1603
 2,628 (-24.4%)
Intel Xeon E5-1607 @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-1603
 3,790 (+9.1%)
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 2,581 (-25.7%)
Intel Xeon E5-2609 @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-1603
 2,912 (-16.2%)
Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3 @ 3.20GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-1603
 5,310 (+52.8%)
Intel Xeon E3-1220 @ 3.10GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-1603
 3,865 (+11.2%)
Intel Xeon X3450 @ 2.67GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-1603
 2,886 (-17.0%)
AMD Opteron 3350 HE vs Intel Xeon E5-1603
 2,699 (-22.3%)
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 2,578 (-25.8%)
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 2,424 (-30.2%)
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 2,367 (-31.9%)