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Intel Xeon E5-2690 @ 2.90GHz

Benchmarks for the Intel Xeon E5-2690 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 E5-2690 @ 2.90GHz

Description:

Class: Server

Socket: LGA2011

Clockspeed: 2.9 GHz

Turbo Speed: 3.8 GHz

Cores: 8 Threads: 16

Typical TDP: 135 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: 384 GB (DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600, ECC Supported)

Other names: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2690 0 @ 2.90GHz, Intel Xeon CPU E5-2690 0 @ 2.90GHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2012

CPUmark/$Price: 5.16

Overall Rank:
1773rd fastest in multithreading out of 6045 CPUs
2655th fastest in single threading out of 6045 CPUs
726th fastest in out of 1265 Server CPUs

Last Price Change: $1,882.00 USD (2026-02-24)

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
9713
Single Thread Rating
1655

Samples: 769*
*Margin for error: Low



PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 13,673
Thread: 1,867

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Intel Xeon E5-2690 @ 2.90GHz

Integer Math39,478 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math14,659 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers48 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting24,928 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption3,032 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression170,253 KBytes/Sec
Physics703 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions7,556 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread1,655 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 9th of October 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Xeon E5-2690 @ 2.90GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 6th of October 2026
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 6th 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 9th 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
Hygon C86-3G (OPN:3350)
 11,739
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 @ 3.60GHz
 11,274
Intel Xeon E5-2690 @ 2.90GHz
 9,713
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 9th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
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
Intel Xeon E5-2690 @ 2.90GHz
 5.16
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 9th 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 E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz
 1,782
Hygon C86-3G (OPN:3350)
 1,720
Intel Xeon E5-2690 @ 2.90GHz
 1,655
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz
 1,329
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz
 1,326
Last 5 Baselines for Intel Xeon E5-2690 @ 2.90GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL3717967 - Sep 15 2026
9815
BL3643327 - Aug 11 2026
9538
BL3634746 - Aug 07 2026
9581
BL3612446 - Jul 27 2026
10035
BL3566982 - Jul 05 2026
9640
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for Intel Xeon E5-2690 @ 2.90GHz
As of 9th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Xeon E5-2690 @ 2.90GHz
 9,713
Intel Xeon E5-2670 @ 2.60GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2690
 8,875 (-8.6%)
Intel Xeon E5-2665 @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2690
 8,287 (-14.7%)
Intel Xeon E5-2650 v3 @ 2.30GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2690
 11,645 (+19.9%)
Intel Xeon E5-1650 @ 3.20GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2690
 8,050 (-17.1%)
Intel Xeon E5-2687W @ 3.10GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2690
 10,022 (+3.2%)
Intel Xeon E5-2680 @ 2.70GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2690
 9,220 (-5.1%)
Intel Xeon E5-2660 @ 2.20GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2690
 8,016 (-17.5%)
Intel Xeon E5-2650 @ 2.00GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2690
 7,416 (-23.6%)
Intel Xeon E5-2650L v3 @ 1.80GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2690
 11,863 (+22.1%)
Intel Xeon E5-4650 @ 2.70GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2690
 8,651 (-10.9%)
Intel Xeon E5-1660 @ 3.30GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2690
 8,227 (-15.3%)
AMD Opteron 6376 vs Intel Xeon E5-2690
 5,572 (-42.6%)