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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: 68.63

Overall Rank:
1321st fastest in multithreading out of 5489 CPUs
2143rd fastest in single threading out of 5489 CPUs
596th fastest in out of 1184 Server CPUs

Last Price Change: $189.95 USD (2025-07-18)

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
13036
Single Thread Rating
1802

Samples: 247*
*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 Math52,010 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math26,145 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers57 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting29,288 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption3,880 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression217,010 KBytes/Sec
Physics795 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions13,702 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread1,802 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 12th of December 2025.

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

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 9th of December 2025
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 9th of December 2025.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

MerchantPricePurchase
Amazon.com$189.95 USDBuy Now!
NewEgg.com$2,302.93 USDBuy Now!
BestBuy.comNACPU Not Available. See Other Models
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Pricing History


CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Server CPUs
As of 12th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX
 39,929
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz
 39,780
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz
 34,975
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745
 34,827
ARM Neoverse-N1 64 Core 0 MHz
 28,040
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645
 27,565
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz
 17,268
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz
 14,256
Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 @ 2.60GHz
 13,036
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz
 10,385
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 @ 3.50GHz
 9,307
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 12th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz
 81.47
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz
 73.70
Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 @ 2.60GHz
 68.63
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645
 61.71
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745
 57.60
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 @ 3.50GHz
 40.47
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX
 36.30
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz
 7.29
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz
 NA
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz
 NA
ARM Neoverse-N1 64 Core 0 MHz
 NA
Single Thread Rating
As of 12th of December 2025 - 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
 2,679
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz
 2,122
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 @ 3.50GHz
 2,038
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz
 1,932
Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 @ 2.60GHz
 1,802
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz
 1,784
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz
 1,329
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz
 1,328
ARM Neoverse-N1 64 Core 0 MHz
 1,093
Last 5 Baselines for Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 @ 2.60GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL3124460 - Dec 11 2025
12383
BL3085205 - Nov 26 2025 [Excluded]
10582
BL3065705 - Nov 19 2025
11147
BL3063987 - Nov 18 2025
11310
BL3059137 - Nov 17 2025
13464
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 12th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 @ 2.60GHz
 13,036
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3 @ 2.50GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3
 14,867 (+14.0%)
Intel Xeon E5-1660 v3 @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3
 12,582 (-3.5%)
Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3 @ 2.60GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3
 11,056 (-15.2%)
Intel Xeon E5-2683 v3 @ 2.00GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3
 14,730 (+13.0%)
Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 @ 2.50GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3
 11,332 (-13.1%)
Intel Xeon E5-2690 v2 @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3
 13,377 (+2.6%)
Intel Xeon E5-2643 v3 @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3
 10,265 (-21.3%)
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3
 14,256 (+9.4%)
Intel Xeon E5-2650L v3 @ 1.80GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3
 11,865 (-9.0%)
Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3 @ 2.30GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3
 13,488 (+3.5%)
Intel Xeon Silver 4210 @ 2.20GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3
 13,463 (+3.3%)
Intel Xeon E5-2687W @ 3.10GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3
 10,036 (-23.0%)