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[Dual CPU] Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3 @ 2.60GHz

Benchmarks for the [Dual CPU] Intel Xeon E5-2640 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.

[Dual CPU] Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3 @ 2.60GHz

Description:

Class: Server

Socket: LGA2011-v3

Clockspeed: 2.6 GHz

Turbo Speed: 3.4 GHz

Cores: 8# Threads: 16#

Typical TDP: 90 W#

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 8 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 8 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 8 x 256 KB
L3 Cache: 20 MB

Memory Support: Max. Memory Size: 768 GB (DDR4 1600/1866, ECC Supported)

Other names: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2640 v3 @ 2.60GHz, Intel Xeon CPU E5-2640 v3 @ 2.60GHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2014

CPUmark/$Price: 45.70

Overall Rank:
487th fastest in multithreading out of all multi-CPU CPUs

Last Price Change: $379.90 USD Total for 2 CPUs (2024-08-16)

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
17362
Single Thread Rating
1740

Samples: 96*
*Margin for error: Low



PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 13,864
Thread: 1,869
#The number of cores/threads and TDP is per CPU. To determine the total, multiply by the total CPU count.

CPU Test Suite Average Results for [Dual CPU] Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3 @ 2.60GHz

Integer Math76,954 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math38,751 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers74 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting41,661 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption5,266 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression326,674 KBytes/Sec
Physics959 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions20,455 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread1,740 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 5th of October 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for [Dual CPU] Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3 @ 2.60GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 5th of October 2026
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 5th of October 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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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Server CPUs
As of 5th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz
 39,780
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745
 34,818
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz
 34,745
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8845HS
 28,602
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645
 27,564
Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4 @ 2.60GHz
 19,158
[Dual CPU] Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3 @ 2.60GHz
 17,362
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz
 17,107
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz
 14,247
Hygon C86-3G (OPN:3350)
 11,739
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 @ 3.60GHz
 11,279
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 5th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz
 80.71
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz
 73.65
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645
 61.71
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745
 57.59
[Dual CPU] Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3 @ 2.60GHz
 45.70
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 @ 3.60GHz
 26.23
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz
 NA
Hygon C86-3G (OPN:3350)
 NA
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz
 NA
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8845HS
 NA
Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4 @ 2.60GHz
 NA
Single Thread Rating
As of 5th of October 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 7 PRO 8845HS
 3,764
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 @ 3.60GHz
 2,359
Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4 @ 2.60GHz
 2,067
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz
 1,930
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz
 1,782
[Dual CPU] Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3 @ 2.60GHz
 1,740
Hygon C86-3G (OPN:3350)
 1,720
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz
 1,329
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz
 1,326
Last 5 Baselines for [Dual CPU] Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3 @ 2.60GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL3670863 - Aug 24 2026
18180
BL3663658 - Aug 21 2026
14624
BL3541904 - Jun 23 2026
19905
BL3396070 - Apr 07 2026
14287
BL3391136 - Apr 02 2026
18124
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3 @ 2.60GHz
As of 5th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3 @ 2.60GHz
 17,362
Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 @ 3.20GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3
 13,282 (-23.5%)
AMD EPYC 3251 vs Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3
 13,698 (-21.1%)
AMD EPYC 8024P vs Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3
 20,427 (+17.7%)
AMD EPYC 7252 vs Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3
 18,414 (+6.1%)
AMD EPYC 7203 vs Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3
 17,717 (+2.0%)
Intel Xeon E5-1660 v4 @ 3.20GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3
 13,270 (-23.6%)
Intel Xeon E5-2667 v3 @ 3.20GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3
 12,357 (-28.8%)
Intel Xeon W-1270P @ 3.80GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3
 18,547 (+6.8%)
Intel Xeon W-1270 @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3
 17,513 (+0.9%)
Intel Xeon E-2378 @ 2.60GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3
 17,323 (-0.2%)
Intel Xeon W-11855M @ 3.20GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3
 17,275 (-0.5%)
Intel Xeon E5-2695 v3 @ 2.30GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3
 16,566 (-4.6%)