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Intel Xeon E5-2603 v3 @ 1.60GHz

Benchmarks for the Intel Xeon E5-2603 v3 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 E5-2603 v3 @ 1.60GHz

Description:

Class: Server

Socket: LGA2011-v3

Clockspeed: 1.6 GHz

Cores: 6 Threads: 6

Typical TDP: 85 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 6 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 6 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 6 x 256 KB
L3 Cache: 15 MB

Memory Support: Max. Memory Size: 768 GB (DDR4 1600, ECC Supported)

Other names: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2603 v3 @ 1.60GHz, Intel Xeon CPU E5-2603 v3 @ 1.60GHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2015

CPUmark/$Price: 81.39

Overall Rank:
2662nd fastest in multithreading out of 5776 CPUs
3914th fastest in single threading out of 5776 CPUs
964th fastest in out of 1227 Server CPUs

Last Price Change: $46.99 USD (2026-02-02)

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
3825
Single Thread Rating
936

Samples: 43*
*Margin for error: Low



PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 5,399
Thread: 938

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Intel Xeon E5-2603 v3 @ 1.60GHz

Integer Math10,801 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math8,114 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers37 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting7,255 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption948.2 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression53,705 KBytes/Sec
Physics449 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions4,342 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread936 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 9th of February 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Xeon E5-2603 v3 @ 1.60GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 4th of February 2026
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 4th 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 9th 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
 17,240
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz
 14,249
Hygon C86-3G (OPN:3350)
 11,656
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 @ 3.60GHz
 11,330
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz
 10,378
Intel Xeon E5-2603 v3 @ 1.60GHz
 3,825
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 9th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Xeon E5-2603 v3 @ 1.60GHz
 81.39
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz
 81.34
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz
 73.66
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 9th 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
 2,370
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz
 2,122
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz
 1,932
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz
 1,779
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
Intel Xeon E5-2603 v3 @ 1.60GHz
 936
Last 5 Baselines for Intel Xeon E5-2603 v3 @ 1.60GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL2837078 - Aug 14 2025
3926
BL2770785 - Jul 17 2025
3708
BL2764534 - Jul 15 2025 [Excluded]
481
BL2673252 - Jun 04 2025
3716
BL2608786 - May 07 2025
3353
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for Intel Xeon E5-2603 v3 @ 1.60GHz
As of 9th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Xeon E5-2603 v3 @ 1.60GHz
 3,825
Intel Xeon E5-2407 v2 @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2603 v3
 3,354 (-12.3%)
AMD Opteron 4284 vs Intel Xeon E5-2603 v3
 4,665 (+22.0%)
Intel Xeon E5620 @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2603 v3
 3,621 (-5.3%)
Intel Xeon W3550 @ 3.07GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2603 v3
 3,256 (-14.9%)
Intel Xeon X3450 @ 2.67GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2603 v3
 2,879 (-24.7%)
AMD Opteron 1385 vs Intel Xeon E5-2603 v3
 2,089 (-45.4%)
Intel Xeon E5-2609 v3 @ 1.90GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2603 v3
 4,499 (+17.6%)
AMD Opteron 3365 vs Intel Xeon E5-2603 v3
 4,125 (+7.9%)
Intel Xeon E5-1603 v3 @ 2.80GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2603 v3
 4,454 (+16.5%)
AMD Opteron 4332 HE vs Intel Xeon E5-2603 v3
 3,911 (+2.2%)
AMD Opteron 6128 HE vs Intel Xeon E5-2603 v3
 2,932 (-23.3%)
AMD Opteron 2431 vs Intel Xeon E5-2603 v3
 2,894 (-24.3%)