Intel Xeon E3-1290 V2 @ 3.70GHz

Benchmarks for the Intel Xeon E3-1290 V2 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.

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Intel Xeon E3-1290 V2 @ 3.70GHz

Description:

Class: Server

Socket: LGA1155

Clockspeed: 3.7 GHz

Turbo Speed: 4.1 GHz

Cores: 4 Threads: 8

Typical TDP: 87 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 4 x 256 KB
L3 Cache: 8 MB

Memory Support: Max. Memory Size: 77 GB (DDR3 1333/1600, ECC Supported)

Other names: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1290 V2 @ 3.70GHz, Intel Xeon CPU E3-1290 V2 @ 3.70GHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2012

CPUmark/$Price: 7.14

Overall Rank:
1768th fastest in multithreading out of 5064 CPUs
1502nd fastest in single threading out of 5064 CPUs
742nd fastest in out of 1080 Server CPUs

Last Price Change: $885.00 USD (2012-10-19)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

6315

Single Thread Rating

2063

Samples: 40*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 9,384
Thread: 2,142

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Intel Xeon E3-1290 V2 @ 3.70GHz

Integer Math	22,814 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	11,468 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	30 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	14,186 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	1,817 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	103,381 KBytes/Sec
Physics	473 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	4,400 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	2,063 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 17th of April 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Xeon E3-1290 V2 @ 3.70GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 14th of April 2025

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From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 14th of April 2025.

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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Server CPUs
As of 17th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX		75,662
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX		62,300
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX		40,207
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz		39,163
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz		35,123
ARM Neoverse-N1 64 Core 0 MHz		28,044
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		17,467
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		14,256
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz		10,394
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 @ 3.50GHz		9,333
Intel Xeon E3-1290 V2 @ 3.70GHz		6,315

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 17th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		82.41
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		73.70
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX		47.02
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 @ 3.50GHz		40.59
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX		33.55
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz		7.29
Intel Xeon E3-1290 V2 @ 3.70GHz		7.14
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz		NA
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz		NA
ARM Neoverse-N1 64 Core 0 MHz		NA
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 17th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX		3,319
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX		2,678
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX		2,659
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz		2,123
Intel Xeon E3-1290 V2 @ 3.70GHz		2,063
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 @ 3.50GHz		2,049
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		1,935
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		1,788
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz		1,329
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz		1,327
ARM Neoverse-N1 64 Core 0 MHz		1,092

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Xeon E3-1290 V2 @ 3.70GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL5076834 - Oct 27 2024		2518
BL2010737 - Jan 30 2024		6846
BL2010723 - Jan 30 2024		6146
BL1797161 - Apr 17 2023		6780
BL1729836 - Jan 26 2023		6871

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for Intel Xeon E3-1290 V2 @ 3.70GHz
As of 17th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Xeon E3-1290 V2 @ 3.70GHz		6,315
Intel Xeon E3-1290 @ 3.60GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1290 V2		5,429 (-14.0%)
Intel Xeon E3-1245 @ 3.30GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1290 V2		5,353 (-15.2%)
AMD Opteron 6328 vs Intel Xeon E3-1290 V2		5,306 (-16.0%)
AMD Opteron 6220 vs Intel Xeon E3-1290 V2		4,753 (-24.7%)
AMD Opteron 6348 vs Intel Xeon E3-1290 V2		7,850 (+24.3%)
Intel Xeon E3-1246 v3 @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1290 V2		7,264 (+15.0%)
Intel Xeon E3-1230 V2 @ 3.30GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1290 V2		6,195 (-1.9%)
Intel Xeon E5-1620 @ 3.60GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1290 V2		5,849 (-7.4%)
Intel Xeon E3-1276 v3 @ 3.60GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1290 V2		7,543 (+19.4%)
Intel Xeon E3-1285L v3 @ 3.10GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1290 V2		6,803 (+7.7%)
Intel Xeon E5-2623 v3 @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1290 V2		6,770 (+7.2%)
Intel Xeon E3-1280 V2 @ 3.60GHz vs Intel Xeon E3-1290 V2		6,592 (+4.4%)

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