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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: 5.17

Overall Rank:
1620th fastest in multithreading out of 5822 CPUs
2470th fastest in single threading out of 5822 CPUs
695th fastest in out of 1235 Server CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
9733
Single Thread Rating
1657

Samples: 748*
*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 Math39,480 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math14,652 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers48 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting24,958 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption3,043 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression170,207 KBytes/Sec
Physics712 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions7,543 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread1,657 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 16th of March 2026.

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

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 10th of March 2026
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 10th of March 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 17th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz
 39,780
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745
 34,824
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz
 34,788
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645
 27,565
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U
 23,985
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz
 17,224
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz
 14,257
Hygon C86-3G (OPN:3350)
 11,656
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 @ 3.60GHz
 11,314
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz
 10,376
Intel Xeon E5-2690 @ 2.90GHz
 9,733
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 17th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz
 81.27
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 E5-1650 v4 @ 3.60GHz
 26.31
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz
 7.28
Intel Xeon E5-2690 @ 2.90GHz
 5.17
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz
 NA
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz
 NA
Hygon C86-3G (OPN:3350)
 NA
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U
 NA
Single Thread Rating
As of 17th of March 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 8840U
 3,654
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 @ 3.60GHz
 2,367
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz
 2,122
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz
 1,930
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz
 1,781
Hygon C86-3G (OPN:3350)
 1,715
Intel Xeon E5-2690 @ 2.90GHz
 1,657
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz
 1,329
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz
 1,328
Last 5 Baselines for Intel Xeon E5-2690 @ 2.90GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL3337273 - Mar 09 2026
9158
BL3325840 - Mar 04 2026
10449
BL3325111 - Mar 04 2026
7489
BL3324378 - Mar 03 2026
7494
BL3316064 - Feb 27 2026
9237
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 17th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Xeon E5-2690 @ 2.90GHz
 9,733
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2690
 10,376 (+6.6%)
Intel Xeon E5-2670 @ 2.60GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2690
 8,880 (-8.8%)
Intel Xeon E5-2665 @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2690
 8,280 (-14.9%)
Intel Xeon E5-2650 v3 @ 2.30GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2690
 11,652 (+19.7%)
Intel Xeon E5-1650 @ 3.20GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2690
 8,048 (-17.3%)
Intel Xeon E5-2687W @ 3.10GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2690
 10,030 (+3.0%)
Intel Xeon E5-2680 @ 2.70GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2690
 9,263 (-4.8%)
Intel Xeon E5-2660 @ 2.20GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2690
 8,074 (-17.0%)
Intel Xeon E5-2650 @ 2.00GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2690
 7,356 (-24.4%)
Intel Xeon E5-2650L v3 @ 1.80GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2690
 11,865 (+21.9%)
Intel Xeon E5-4650 @ 2.70GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2690
 8,651 (-11.1%)
Intel Xeon E5-1660 @ 3.30GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2690
 8,324 (-14.5%)