[Dual CPU] Intel Xeon E5-2690 @ 2.90GHz

Benchmarks for the [Dual CPU] 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.

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[Dual CPU] 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: NA

Overall Rank:
395th fastest in multithreading out of all multi-CPU CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

16689

Single Thread Rating

1679

Samples: 242*
*Margin for error: Low

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

^#The number of cores/threads and TDP is per CPU. To determine the total, multiply by the total CPU count.

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

Integer Math	79,485 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	29,465 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	68 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	47,858 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	5,627 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	342,689 KBytes/Sec
Physics	840 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	14,950 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,679 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 2nd of April 2025.

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

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 30th of March 2025

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 30th of March 2025.
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 3rd of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX		75,650
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX		62,378
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz		41,730
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX		40,237
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz		34,997
ARM Neoverse-N1 64 Core 0 MHz		28,044
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		17,489
[Dual CPU] Intel Xeon E5-2690 @ 2.90GHz		16,689
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		14,267
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz		10,392
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 @ 3.50GHz		9,329

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 3rd of April 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		82.52
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		73.75
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX		47.08
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 @ 3.50GHz		40.57
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX		30.51
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz		7.29
[Dual CPU] Intel Xeon E5-2690 @ 2.90GHz		NA
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 3rd of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX		3,318
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 E5-1650 v2 @ 3.50GHz		2,049
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		1,933
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		1,788
[Dual CPU] Intel Xeon E5-2690 @ 2.90GHz		1,679
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz		1,327
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz		1,327
ARM Neoverse-N1 64 Core 0 MHz		1,092

Last 5 Baselines for [Dual CPU] Intel Xeon E5-2690 @ 2.90GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2515996 - Mar 29 2025		15651
BL5088215 - Mar 01 2025		20841
BL2442946 - Feb 26 2025		16166
BL2442020 - Feb 26 2025		16226
BL2440465 - Feb 25 2025		17753

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 3rd of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Xeon E5-2690 @ 2.90GHz		16,689
AMD EPYC 7262 vs Intel Xeon E5-2690		20,779 (+24.5%)
AMD EPYC 3251 vs Intel Xeon E5-2690		13,912 (-16.6%)
AMD EPYC 8024P vs Intel Xeon E5-2690		20,556 (+23.2%)
Intel Xeon W-2245 @ 3.90GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2690		19,458 (+16.6%)
AMD EPYC 7252 vs Intel Xeon E5-2690		19,411 (+16.3%)
Intel Xeon W-2145 @ 3.70GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2690		17,985 (+7.8%)
AMD EPYC 7232P vs Intel Xeon E5-2690		17,731 (+6.2%)
Intel Xeon W-2140B @ 3.20GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2690		17,331 (+3.8%)
Intel Xeon W-10885M @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2690		15,533 (-6.9%)
AMD EPYC 7251 vs Intel Xeon E5-2690		14,935 (-10.5%)
Intel Xeon E5-2667 v4 @ 3.20GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2690		13,815 (-17.2%)
Intel Xeon E5-2690 v2 @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2690		13,419 (-19.6%)

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[Dual CPU] Intel Xeon E5-2690 @ 2.90GHz

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