Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4 Benchmark, Test and specs

Last updated: 2023-05-09

The Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4 has 16 cores with 32 threads and is based on the 6. gen of the Intel Xeon E5 series. The processor uses a mainboard with the LGA 2011-3 socket and was released in Q1/2016. The Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4 scores 971 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 10,762 points.

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Name:	Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4
Family:	Intel Xeon E5 (71)
CPU group:	Intel Xeon E5 v4 (24)
Architecture:	Broadwell E
Segment:	Desktop / Server
Generation:	6
Predecessor:	Intel Xeon E5-2697 v3
Successor:	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4 has 16 CPU cores and can calculate 32 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4 is 2.60 GHz (3.60 GHz). The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.

CPU Cores / Threads:	16 / 32
Core architecture:	normal
Cores:	16x

Hyperthreading / SMT:	Yes
Overclocking:	No
Frequency:	2.60 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core):	3.60 GHz
Turbo Frequency (16 Cores):	2.80 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

AI hardware:	--
AI specifications:	--

Internal Graphics

The Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4 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 1536 GB memory in 4 (Quad Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 76.8 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

DDR4-2400	76.8 GB/s
Max. Memory:	1536 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 145 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):	145 W
TDP (PL2):	--
TDP up:	--
TDP down:	--
Tjunction max.:	--

Technical details

The Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4 is made in 14 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 40.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.

Technology:	14 nm
Chip design:	Monolithic
Socket:	LGA 2011-3
L2-Cache:	--
L3-Cache:	40.00 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, AVX2
Release date:	Q1/2016
Release price:	2890 $
Part Number:	--
Documents:	Technical data sheet

Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4
16C 32T @ 2.60 GHz (3.60 GHz)

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Benchmark results

The benchmark results for the Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4 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.

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 i3-7100 2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz	973
	Intel Core i5-5675R 4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	972
	Intel Xeon Silver 4214R 12C 24T @ 3.50 GHz	972
	Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4 16C 32T @ 3.60 GHz	971
	Intel Core i3-8100B 4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	971
	Intel Core i3-8100 4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	971
	Intel Pentium G4620 2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	971

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.


	Intel Core i7-11700K 8C 16T @ 4.50 GHz	10765
	Intel Core i7-11700KF 8C 16T @ 4.50 GHz	10765
	Intel Core Ultra 5 125H 14C 18T @ 4.50 GHz	10765
	Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4 16C 32T @ 2.80 GHz	10762
	Intel Core i9-10900F 10C 20T @ 4.60 GHz	10744
	Intel Core i9-10900 10C 20T @ 4.60 GHz	10744
	Intel Core i7-12700TE 12C 20T @ 3.20 GHz	10689

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	Intel Xeon Silver 4116 12C 24T @ 3.00 GHz	1031
	Intel Core m3-8100Y 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	1028
	Intel Xeon D-2123IT 4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	1028
	Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4 16C 32T @ 3.60 GHz	1027
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G 8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	1027
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 780G 8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	1027
	Intel Core i7-7Y75 2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	1027

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	Intel Core i7-7820X 8C 16T @ 4.30 GHz	8123
	Intel Core i5-1335U 10C 12T @ 1.30 GHz	8102
	Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 12C 24T @ 2.90 GHz	8086
	Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4 16C 32T @ 2.80 GHz	8068
	AMD Ryzen 5 7535HS 6C 12T @ 3.30 GHz	8063
	AMD Ryzen 5 6600HS 6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz	8063
	AMD Ryzen 5 6600H 6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz	8063

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 Xeon Gold 6130T 16C 32T @ 2.60 GHz	21822
	Intel Core i9-11950H 8C 16T @ 3.70 GHz	21792
	Intel Core i7-12700T 12C 20T @ 3.20 GHz	21720
	Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4 16C 32T @ 2.80 GHz	21696
	Intel Xeon D-2796TE 20C 40T @ 2.50 GHz	21673
	Intel Core i5-12500H 12C 16T @ 3.20 GHz	21625
	AMD Ryzen 5 5600 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	21620

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 Xeon E3-1240 v3 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	151
	Intel Xeon E3-1245 v3 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	151
	Intel Xeon E5-2667 v2 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	151
	Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4 16C 32T @ 3.60 GHz	150
	AMD Ryzen Embedded V1807B 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	150
	Intel Core i5-9400T 6C 6T @ 3.40 GHz	150
	Intel Xeon E5-2698 v4 20C 40T @ 3.60 GHz	150

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.


	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X 12C 24T @ 3.60 GHz	2433
	Intel Xeon Gold 6146 12C 24T @ 3.60 GHz	2399
	Intel Xeon E5-2695 v4 18C 36T @ 2.50 GHz	2384
	Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4 16C 32T @ 2.80 GHz	2381
	Intel Core i9-10900X 10C 20T @ 4.50 GHz	2358
	Intel Core i7-10700KF 8C 16T @ 4.90 GHz	2344
	Intel Core i7-10700K 8C 16T @ 4.90 GHz	2344

Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,488 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,461 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,755 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,703 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,392 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,106 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,101 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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