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Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 @ 2.50GHz

Benchmarks for the Intel Xeon E5-2678 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 E5-2678 v3 @ 2.50GHz

Description:

Class: Server

Socket: LGA2011-v3

Clockspeed: 2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed: 3.1 GHz

Cores: 12 Threads: 24

Typical TDP: 120 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 12 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 12 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 12 x 256 KB
L3 Cache: 30 MB

Other names: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2678 v3 @ 2.50GHz, Intel Xeon CPU E5-2678 v3 @ 2.50GHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2015

CPUmark/$Price: 138.05

Overall Rank:
1227th fastest in multithreading out of 5787 CPUs
2265th fastest in single threading out of 5787 CPUs
566th fastest in out of 1229 Server CPUs

Last Price Change: $106.19 USD (2022-07-06)

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
14659
Single Thread Rating
1762

Samples: 264*
*Margin for error: Low



PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 17,063
Thread: 1,762

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 @ 2.50GHz

Integer Math60,942 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math30,451 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers63 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting33,941 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption4,433 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression254,681 KBytes/Sec
Physics828 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions15,679 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread1,762 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 15th of February 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 @ 2.50GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 10th of February 2026
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 10th 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 15th 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
 34,826
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz
 34,788
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645
 27,565
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz
 17,236
Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 @ 2.50GHz
 14,659
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz
 14,251
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
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 15th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 @ 2.50GHz
 138.05
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz
 81.32
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz
 73.67
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 15th 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
Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 @ 2.50GHz
 1,762
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
Last 5 Baselines for Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 @ 2.50GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL3280118 - Feb 11 2026
15837
BL3277130 - Feb 10 2026
15322
BL3275277 - Feb 09 2026
15658
BL3274992 - Feb 09 2026
15954
BL3271090 - Feb 07 2026
15167
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 @ 2.50GHz
As of 15th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 @ 2.50GHz
 14,659
Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3 @ 2.30GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3
 13,471 (-8.1%)
Intel Xeon E5-2673 v3 @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3
 13,642 (-6.9%)
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3
 17,236 (+17.6%)
Intel Xeon E5-4650 v4 @ 2.20GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3
 16,225 (+10.7%)
Intel Xeon E5-2683 v3 @ 2.00GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3
 14,778 (+0.8%)
Intel Xeon E5-2658 v3 @ 2.20GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3
 13,487 (-8.0%)
Intel Xeon E5-2676 v3 @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3
 13,104 (-10.6%)
Intel Xeon E5-2650L v3 @ 1.80GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3
 11,865 (-19.1%)
Intel Xeon E5-2687W v4 @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3
 17,738 (+21.0%)
Intel Xeon E5-2669 v3 @ 2.30GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3
 16,107 (+9.9%)
Intel Xeon E5-2690 v3 @ 2.60GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3
 16,061 (+9.6%)
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3 @ 2.50GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3
 14,834 (+1.2%)