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Intel Xeon E5-2640 @ 2.50GHz

Benchmarks for the Intel Xeon E5-2640 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 E5-2640 @ 2.50GHz

Description:

Class: Server

Socket: LGA2011

Clockspeed: 2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed: 3.0 GHz

Cores: 6 Threads: 12

Typical TDP: 95 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: 384 GB (DDR3 800/1066/1333, ECC Supported)

Other names: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2640 0 @ 2.50GHz, Intel Xeon CPU E5-2640 0 @ 2.50GHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2012

CPUmark/$Price: 48.52

Overall Rank:
2028th fastest in multithreading out of 5489 CPUs
2952nd fastest in single threading out of 5489 CPUs
839th fastest in out of 1185 Server CPUs

Last Price Change: $129.95 USD (2025-09-24)

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
6305
Single Thread Rating
1346

Samples: 261*
*Margin for error: Low



PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 9,409
Thread: 1,508

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Intel Xeon E5-2640 @ 2.50GHz

Integer Math24,849 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math9,278 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers33 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting15,849 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption1,924 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression107,443 KBytes/Sec
Physics491 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions4,733 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread1,346 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 12th of December 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Xeon E5-2640 @ 2.50GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 9th of December 2025
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 9th of December 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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Pricing History


CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Server CPUs
As of 12th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX
 39,929
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz
 39,780
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz
 34,975
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745
 34,827
ARM Neoverse-N1 64 Core 0 MHz
 28,040
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645
 27,565
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz
 17,268
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz
 14,256
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz
 10,385
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 @ 3.50GHz
 9,307
Intel Xeon E5-2640 @ 2.50GHz
 6,305
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 12th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz
 81.47
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz
 73.70
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645
 61.71
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745
 57.60
Intel Xeon E5-2640 @ 2.50GHz
 48.52
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 @ 3.50GHz
 40.47
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX
 36.30
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz
 7.29
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 12th of December 2025 - 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
 2,679
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz
 2,122
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 @ 3.50GHz
 2,038
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz
 1,932
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz
 1,784
Intel Xeon E5-2640 @ 2.50GHz
 1,346
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz
 1,329
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz
 1,328
ARM Neoverse-N1 64 Core 0 MHz
 1,093
Last 5 Baselines for Intel Xeon E5-2640 @ 2.50GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL3048798 - Nov 13 2025
6696
BL5105695 - Oct 27 2025
6561
BL3003708 - Oct 25 2025
6841
BL2974713 - Oct 14 2025
6728
BL2762881 - Jul 14 2025
6801
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for Intel Xeon E5-2640 @ 2.50GHz
As of 12th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
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Intel Xeon E5-2640 @ 2.50GHz
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Intel Xeon E3-1240 V2 @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2640
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Intel Xeon E3-1245 V2 @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2640
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Intel Xeon E5645 @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2640
 4,942 (-21.6%)
Intel Xeon E5-2630 v2 @ 2.60GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2640
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 6,055 (-4.0%)
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Intel Xeon E5-2658 @ 2.10GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2640
 6,232 (-1.2%)