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Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 @ 2.60GHz

Benchmarks for the Intel Xeon E5-2660 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 E5-2660 v3 @ 2.60GHz

Description:

Class: Server

Socket: LGA2011-v3

Clockspeed: 2.6 GHz

Turbo Speed: 3.3 GHz

Cores: 10 Threads: 20

Typical TDP: 105 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 10 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 10 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 10 x 256 KB
L3 Cache: 25 MB

Memory Support: Max. Memory Size: 768 GB (DDR4 1600/1866/2133, ECC Supported)

Other names: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2660 v3 @ 2.60GHz, Intel Xeon CPU E5-2660 v3 @ 2.60GHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2014

CPUmark/$Price: 158.76

Overall Rank:
1512th fastest in multithreading out of 6045 CPUs
2381st fastest in single threading out of 6045 CPUs
641st fastest in out of 1265 Server CPUs

Last Price Change: $81.99 USD (2026-07-31)

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
13017
Single Thread Rating
1803

Samples: 289*
*Margin for error: Low



PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 17,440
Thread: 1,955

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 @ 2.60GHz

Integer Math52,062 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math26,143 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers56 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting29,214 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption3,870 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression217,101 KBytes/Sec
Physics780 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions13,715 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread1,803 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 9th of October 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 @ 2.60GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 7th of October 2026
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 7th of October 2026.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

MerchantPricePurchase
Amazon.com$81.99 USDBuy Now!
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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Server CPUs
As of 10th 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
 19,166
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz
 17,102
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz
 14,247
Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 @ 2.60GHz
 13,017
Hygon C86-3G (OPN:3350)
 11,739
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 @ 3.60GHz
 11,274
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 10th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 @ 2.60GHz
 158.76
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz
 80.69
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz
 73.65
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645
 61.71
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745
 57.59
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 @ 3.60GHz
 26.22
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 10th 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
 2,358
Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4 @ 2.60GHz
 2,067
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz
 1,929
Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 @ 2.60GHz
 1,803
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz
 1,782
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 Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 @ 2.60GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL3760088 - Oct 05 2026
14696
BL3760032 - Oct 05 2026
14734
BL3758268 - Oct 04 2026
14893
BL3704113 - Sep 09 2026
12601
BL3696896 - Sep 05 2026
11570
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 @ 2.60GHz
As of 10th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 @ 2.60GHz
 13,017
Intel Xeon E5-2640 v4 @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3
 12,402 (-4.7%)
Intel Xeon E5-2695 v2 @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3
 13,352 (+2.6%)
Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3 @ 2.30GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3
 13,462 (+3.4%)
Intel Xeon E5-2630L v4 @ 1.80GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3
 9,801 (-24.7%)
Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.10GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3
 14,399 (+10.6%)
Intel Xeon E5-2666 v3 @ 2.90GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3
 14,016 (+7.7%)
Intel Xeon E5-2650 v3 @ 2.30GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3
 11,645 (-10.5%)
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3
 10,352 (-20.5%)
Intel Xeon E5-2690 v3 @ 2.60GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3
 16,046 (+23.3%)
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3 @ 2.50GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3
 14,767 (+13.4%)
Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 @ 2.50GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3
 14,666 (+12.7%)
Intel Xeon E5-1660 v3 @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3
 12,581 (-3.3%)