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Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 Benchmark, Test and specs

Last updated: 2023-05-09

The Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 has 12 cores with 24 threads and is based on the 4. gen of the Intel Xeon E5 series. The processor uses a mainboard with the LGA 2011 socket and was released in Q3/2013. The Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 scores 762 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 7,782 points.

At a glance
Name:	Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2
Family:	Intel Xeon E5 (73)
CPU group:	Intel Xeon E5 v2 (15)
Architecture:	Ivy Bridge EP
Technology:	22 nm
Segment:	Desktop
Generation:	4
Predecessor:	--
Successor:	Intel Xeon E5-2697 v3

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 has 12 CPU cores and can calculate 24 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 is 2.70 GHz (3.50 GHz). The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.

CPU Cores / Threads:	12 / 24
Core architecture:	normal
Cores:	12x

Hyperthreading / SMT:	Yes
Overclocking:	No
Frequency:	2.70 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core):	3.50 GHz
Turbo Frequency (12 Cores):	3.10 GHz

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

AI hardware:	--
AI specifications:	--
NPU + CPU + iGPU:	--

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 uses the no iGPU, which has -- texture shaders and -- execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

GPU name:	no iGPU
GPU frequency:
GPU (Turbo):	No turbo
Compute units:	--
Shader:	--
Hardware Raytracing:	No
Release date:

Max. displays:
Generation:	--
Direct X:	--
Technology:
Max. GPU Memory:	--
Frame Generation:	No

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit):	No
h265 / HEVC (10 bit):	No
h264:	No
VP8:	No
VP9:	No

AV1:	No
AVC:	No
VC-1:	No
JPEG:	No

Memory type:	Memory bandwidth:
Memory & PCIe The processor can use up to 768 GB memory in 4 (Quad Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 59.7 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

DDR3-1866	59.7 GB/s
Max. Memory:	768 GB
Memory channels:	4 (Quad Channel)
ECC:	Yes
PCIe:	3.0 x 40
PCIe Bandwidth:	39.4 GB/s

Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 130 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU.

TDP (PL1 / PBP):	130 W
TDP (PL2):	--
TDP up:	--
TDP down:	--
Tjunction max.:	--

Technical details

The Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 is made in 22 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 30.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.

Technology:	22 nm
Chip design:	Monolithic
Socket:	LGA 2011
L2-Cache:	--
L3-Cache:	30.00 MB
AES-NI:	Yes
Operating systems:	Windows 10, Linux

Virtualization:	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Instruction set (ISA):	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions:	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
Release date:	Q3/2013
Release price:	1975 $
Part Number:	--
Documents:	Technical data sheet

Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2
12C 24T @ 2.70 GHz (3.50 GHz)

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Benchmark results

The benchmark results for the Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Core i5-3470 4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	682
	Intel Core i5-4590T 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	657
	AMD A12-9800 4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz	655
	Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 12C 24T @ 3.50 GHz	651
	Intel Xeon E5-2683 v3 14C 28T @ 3.00 GHz	651
	Intel Core i7-4770R 4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz	647
	Intel Xeon E5-2697 v3 14C 28T @ 3.60 GHz	640

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Core i3-12100 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	8443
	Intel Core i3-12100F 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	8443
	Intel Core i5-10505 6C 12T @ 3.20 GHz	8294
	Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 12C 24T @ 3.10 GHz	8249
	Intel Core i5-10500 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	8209
	Intel Core i5-10400F 6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz	8191
	Intel Core i5-10400 6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz	8164

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a partial load benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. In the single-core test, only the fastest CPU core is measured. The test run simulates the performance in practice.


	Intel Core i5-3475S 4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	705
	Intel Core i5-3470 4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	703
	Intel Core i7-2600S 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	703
	Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 12C 24T @ 3.50 GHz	702
	Intel Core i5-3470S 4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	702
	Intel Core i7-2700K 4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz	701
	Intel Core i3-4330TE 2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	700

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

The practical Geekbench 6 multi-core benchmark tests the system's performance under partial load. The processor's maximum power consumption is far from being used up.


	Intel Core i5-8500B 6C 6T @ 3.70 GHz	5220
	Intel Core i7-7740X 4C 8T @ 4.30 GHz	5220
	Intel Xeon E3-1270 v6 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	5218
	Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 12C 24T @ 3.10 GHz	5167
	Intel Core i5-9400 6C 6T @ 3.90 GHz	5164
	Intel Core i5-9400F 6C 6T @ 3.90 GHz	5164
	Intel Core i7-7700K 4C 8T @ 4.40 GHz	5149

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Core i5-4430S 4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	764
	Intel Core i5-4570R 4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	764
	Intel Pentium G3450 2C 2T @ 3.40 GHz	763
	Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 12C 24T @ 3.50 GHz	762
	Intel Celeron G3920 2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz	762
	Intel Celeron G3930 2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz	762
	Intel Xeon D-1541 8C 16T @ 2.70 GHz	761

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT 6C 12T @ 4.50 GHz	7916
	Intel Core i7-5960X 8C 16T @ 3.20 GHz	7843
	Intel Core i3-12300 4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz	7834
	Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 12C 24T @ 3.10 GHz	7782
	AMD Ryzen 7 4700S 8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz	7745
	Intel Xeon Silver 4210 10C 20T @ 2.40 GHz	7729
	Intel Core i9-11900T 8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz	7680

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	Intel Core i7-6950X 10C 20T @ 3.50 GHz	17377
	Intel Core i5-12600T 6C 12T @ 3.40 GHz	17302
	Intel Core i7-7820X 8C 16T @ 4.30 GHz	17244
	Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 12C 24T @ 3.10 GHz	17198
	Intel Core i5-12500T 6C 12T @ 3.20 GHz	17170
	Intel Core i5-11400 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	17082
	Intel Core i5-11400F 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	17082

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	AMD Ryzen 5 5500 6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz	4643
	AMD Ryzen 5 5600G 6C 12T @ 3.90 GHz	4615
	AMD Ryzen 7 1800X 8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz	4529
	Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 12C 24T @ 2.70 GHz	4519
	Intel Core i7-9800X 8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz	4467
	AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D 6C 12T @ 3.30 GHz	4436
	Intel Core i7-6900K 8C 16T @ 3.20 GHz	4402

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Celeron G1630 2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz	99
	Intel Core i3-3240T 2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz	99
	Intel Core i5-760 4C 4T @ 3.33 GHz	99
	Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 12C 24T @ 3.50 GHz	98
	AMD FX-8310 8C 8T @ 4.30 GHz	98
	AMD FX-8370E 8C 8T @ 4.30 GHz	98
	AMD FX-8370 8C 8T @ 4.30 GHz	98

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Core i5-10600 6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz	1569
	Intel Xeon Gold 6134 8C 16T @ 3.50 GHz	1558
	Intel Xeon Gold 6134M 8C 16T @ 3.50 GHz	1558
	Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 12C 24T @ 3.10 GHz	1557
	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X 8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz	1533
	AMD Ryzen 7 1700X 8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz	1532
	AMD Ryzen 7 2700 8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz	1529

Benchmarks

Cinebench R23 (SC)
632 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
614 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,854 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,788 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,506 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,474 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,444 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
742 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,108 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,104 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
942 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
938 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
825 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
836 entries

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