Intel Xeon E5-2696 v2 @ 2.50GHz

Benchmarks for the Intel Xeon E5-2696 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 E5-2696 v2 @ 2.50GHz

Description:

Class: Server

Socket: LGA2011

Clockspeed: 2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed: 3.3 GHz

Cores: 12 Threads: 24

Typical TDP: 120 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 12 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 12 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 12 x 256 KB
L3 Cache: 30 MB

Other names: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2696 v2 @ 2.50GHz, Intel Xeon CPU E5-2696 v2 @ 2.50GHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2013

CPUmark/$Price: NA

Overall Rank:
1217th fastest in multithreading out of 5449 CPUs
2307th fastest in single threading out of 5449 CPUs
557th fastest in out of 1178 Server CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

14079

Single Thread Rating

1693

Samples: 98*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 16,136
Thread: 1,642

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Intel Xeon E5-2696 v2 @ 2.50GHz

Integer Math	58,329 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	29,181 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	63 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	35,458 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	4,407 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	262,897 KBytes/Sec
Physics	843 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	11,218 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,693 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 15th of November 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Xeon E5-2696 v2 @ 2.50GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 11th of November 2025

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 11th of November 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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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Server CPUs
As of 15th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX		39,953
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz		39,780
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz		35,253
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		17,314
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		14,276
Intel Xeon E5-2696 v2 @ 2.50GHz		14,079
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz		10,387
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 @ 3.50GHz		9,294

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 15th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		81.69
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		73.80
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645		61.71
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745		57.60
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 @ 3.50GHz		40.42
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX		36.32
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz		7.29
Intel Xeon E5-2696 v2 @ 2.50GHz		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

Single Thread Rating
As of 15th of November 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		2,680
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz		2,125
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 @ 3.50GHz		2,039
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		1,934
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		1,786
Intel Xeon E5-2696 v2 @ 2.50GHz		1,693
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 E5-2696 v2 @ 2.50GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL5106559 - Nov 09 2025		14762
BL5106557 - Nov 09 2025		13377
BL2902258 - Sep 12 2025		15262
BL2803468 - Jul 31 2025		15296
BL2732653 - Jun 30 2025		13172

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

Popular comparisons for Intel Xeon E5-2696 v2 @ 2.50GHz
As of 15th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Xeon E5-2696 v2 @ 2.50GHz		14,079
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2696 v2		14,276 (+1.4%)
Intel Xeon E5-2695 v2 @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2696 v2		13,380 (-5.0%)
Intel Xeon E5-2690 v2 @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2696 v2		13,373 (-5.0%)
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 @ 2.80GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2696 v2		12,696 (-9.8%)
Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 @ 2.50GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2696 v2		11,342 (-19.4%)
Intel Xeon E5-2690 v3 @ 2.60GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2696 v2		16,060 (+14.1%)
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3 @ 2.50GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2696 v2		14,863 (+5.6%)
Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3 @ 2.30GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2696 v2		13,488 (-4.2%)
Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2 @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2696 v2		12,301 (-12.6%)
Intel Xeon E5-2667 v2 @ 3.30GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2696 v2		12,191 (-13.4%)
Intel Xeon E5-2658 v2 @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2696 v2		10,575 (-24.9%)
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2696 v2		17,314 (+23.0%)

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