[Dual CPU] Intel Xeon E5-2640 @ 2.50GHz

Benchmarks for the [Dual CPU] Intel Xeon E5-2640 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 E5-2640 @ 2.50GHz

Description:

Class: Server

Socket: LGA2011

Clockspeed: 2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed: 3.0 GHz

Cores: 6^# Threads: 12^#

Typical TDP: 95 W^#

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 6 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 6 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 6 x 256 KB
L3 Cache: 15 MB

Memory Support: Max. Memory Size: 384 GB (DDR3 800/1066/1333, ECC Supported)

Other names: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2640 0 @ 2.50GHz, Intel Xeon CPU E5-2640 0 @ 2.50GHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2012

CPUmark/$Price: 79.78

Overall Rank:
449th fastest in multithreading out of all multi-CPU CPUs

Last Price Change: $145.98 USD Total for 2 CPUs (2025-02-21)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

11646

Single Thread Rating

1344

Samples: 70*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 9,409
Thread: 1,508

^#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 E5-2640 @ 2.50GHz

Integer Math	50,226 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	18,701 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	54 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	31,519 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	3,898 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	217,003 KBytes/Sec
Physics	776 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	9,581 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,344 MOps/Sec

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

CPU Mark Distribution for [Dual CPU] Intel Xeon E5-2640 @ 2.50GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 1st of April 2025

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 1st of April 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 2nd 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
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		14,267
[Dual CPU] Intel Xeon E5-2640 @ 2.50GHz		11,646
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 2nd of April 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		82.52
[Dual CPU] Intel Xeon E5-2640 @ 2.50GHz		79.78
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
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 2nd 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 E5-2640 @ 2.50GHz		1,344
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 E5-2640 @ 2.50GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2494614 - Mar 20 2025		10475
BL2484349 - Mar 15 2025		10912
BL2446126 - Feb 27 2025		12412
BL2405300 - Feb 11 2025		11310
BL2380573 - Jan 31 2025		12483

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

Popular comparisons for Intel Xeon E5-2640 @ 2.50GHz
As of 2nd of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Xeon E5-2640 @ 2.50GHz		11,646
Intel Xeon E5-1650 @ 3.20GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2640		8,086 (-30.6%)
Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2 @ 2.60GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2640		9,847 (-15.4%)
Intel Xeon E5-2687W @ 3.10GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2640		10,008 (-14.1%)
Intel Xeon E3-1270 V2 @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2640		6,489 (-44.3%)
Intel Xeon E3-1240 V2 @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2640		6,364 (-45.4%)
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 @ 2.80GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2640		12,698 (+9.0%)
Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2 @ 2.20GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2640		10,381 (-10.9%)
Intel Xeon Silver 4110 @ 2.10GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2640		10,249 (-12.0%)
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2640		9,329 (-19.9%)
Intel Xeon E-2234 @ 3.60GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2640		9,215 (-20.9%)
Intel Xeon E3-1245 v6 @ 3.70GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2640		8,768 (-24.7%)
Intel Xeon E5-2630 v2 @ 2.60GHz vs Intel Xeon E5-2640		7,462 (-35.9%)

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