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CPUIntel Xeon CPU E5-2678 v3
Processor
- CPU cores
- 12
- CPU threads
- 24*
- Maximum boost clock
- 3.3 GHz*
- Thermal design power
- 120 W
Rendering performance
Three-scene Blender rendering throughput. Versions, operating systems and rendering backends remain separate. This is not a gaming score.
Community submissions; cooling, power limits and system configuration can affect results.
Benchmark results
- PassMark · version unreported · cpuMark14,682*Platform unreported Compare results
- PassMark · version unreported · threadMark1,718*Platform unreported Compare results
- Reported score · version unreported · mark16,905*Platform unreported Compare results
Recorded results
Only the same benchmark, version, workload, scenario and unit share a row. Missing results are not zero. System results include the full submitted hardware and software configuration.
Blender Cycles / classroomCPU / Windows · 4.5.0 · samples/min
Intel Xeon CPU E5-2678 v3
35.50 samples/min
3 submissions · median result
Latest submission:- Rendering backend
- CPU
- Operating system
- Windows
- Statistic
- Median
- Evaluation type
- community rendering submissions
- CPU cores
- 12
- CPU threads
- 24
- CPU sockets
- 1
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteCPU / Windows · 4.5.0 · samples/min
Intel Xeon CPU E5-2678 v3
154.80 samples/min
3 submissions · median result
Latest submission:- Rendering backend
- CPU
- Operating system
- Windows
- Statistic
- Median
- Evaluation type
- community rendering submissions
- CPU cores
- 12
- CPU threads
- 24
- CPU sockets
- 1
- 25th percentile
- 148.68411562413
- 75th percentile
- 162.07038989416
Blender Cycles / junkshopCPU / Windows · 4.5.0 · samples/min
Intel Xeon CPU E5-2678 v3
50.39 samples/min
3 submissions · median result
Latest submission:- Rendering backend
- CPU
- Operating system
- Windows
- Statistic
- Median
- Evaluation type
- community rendering submissions
- CPU cores
- 12
- CPU threads
- 24
- CPU sockets
- 1
Blender Cycles / monsterCPU / Windows · 4.5.0 · samples/min
Intel Xeon CPU E5-2678 v3
68.91 samples/min
3 submissions · median result
Latest submission:- Rendering backend
- CPU
- Operating system
- Windows
- Statistic
- Median
- Evaluation type
- community rendering submissions
- CPU cores
- 12
- CPU threads
- 24
- CPU sockets
- 1
Blender Cycles / classroomCPU / Windows · 4.0.0 · samples/min
Intel Xeon CPU E5-2678 v3
35.00 samples/min
5 submissions · median result
Latest submission:- Rendering backend
- CPU
- Operating system
- Windows
- Statistic
- Median
- Evaluation type
- community rendering submissions
- CPU cores
- 12
- CPU threads
- 24
- CPU sockets
- 1
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteCPU / Windows · 4.0.0 · samples/min
Intel Xeon CPU E5-2678 v3
153.17 samples/min
5 submissions · median result
Latest submission:- Rendering backend
- CPU
- Operating system
- Windows
- Statistic
- Median
- Evaluation type
- community rendering submissions
- CPU cores
- 12
- CPU threads
- 24
- CPU sockets
- 1
- 25th percentile
- 146.30603887187
- 75th percentile
- 162.39407533429
Blender Cycles / junkshopCPU / Windows · 4.0.0 · samples/min
Intel Xeon CPU E5-2678 v3
49.35 samples/min
5 submissions · median result
Latest submission:- Rendering backend
- CPU
- Operating system
- Windows
- Statistic
- Median
- Evaluation type
- community rendering submissions
- CPU cores
- 12
- CPU threads
- 24
- CPU sockets
- 1
Blender Cycles / monsterCPU / Windows · 4.0.0 · samples/min
Intel Xeon CPU E5-2678 v3
68.81 samples/min
5 submissions · median result
Latest submission:- Rendering backend
- CPU
- Operating system
- Windows
- Statistic
- Median
- Evaluation type
- community rendering submissions
- CPU cores
- 12
- CPU threads
- 24
- CPU sockets
- 1
Blender Cycles / classroomCPU / Windows · 3.6.0 · samples/min
Intel Xeon CPU E5-2678 v3
36.26 samples/min
5 submissions · median result
Latest submission:- Rendering backend
- CPU
- Operating system
- Windows
- Statistic
- Median
- Evaluation type
- community rendering submissions
- CPU cores
- 12
- CPU threads
- 24
- CPU sockets
- 1
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteCPU / Windows · 3.6.0 · samples/min
Intel Xeon CPU E5-2678 v3
164.53 samples/min
5 submissions · median result
Latest submission:- Rendering backend
- CPU
- Operating system
- Windows
- Statistic
- Median
- Evaluation type
- community rendering submissions
- CPU cores
- 12
- CPU threads
- 24
- CPU sockets
- 1
- 25th percentile
- 157.91896492369
- 75th percentile
- 179.72630665512
Blender Cycles / junkshopCPU / Windows · 3.6.0 · samples/min
Intel Xeon CPU E5-2678 v3
51.08 samples/min
5 submissions · median result
Latest submission:- Rendering backend
- CPU
- Operating system
- Windows
- Statistic
- Median
- Evaluation type
- community rendering submissions
- CPU cores
- 12
- CPU threads
- 24
- CPU sockets
- 1
Blender Cycles / monsterCPU / Windows · 3.6.0 · samples/min
Intel Xeon CPU E5-2678 v3
77.19 samples/min
5 submissions · median result
Latest submission:- Rendering backend
- CPU
- Operating system
- Windows
- Statistic
- Median
- Evaluation type
- community rendering submissions
- CPU cores
- 12
- CPU threads
- 24
- CPU sockets
- 1
Blender Cycles / classroomCPU / Windows · 3.5.0 · samples/min
Intel Xeon CPU E5-2678 v3
39.11 samples/min
3 submissions · median result
Latest submission:- Rendering backend
- CPU
- Operating system
- Windows
- Statistic
- Median
- Evaluation type
- community rendering submissions
- CPU cores
- 12
- CPU threads
- 24
- CPU sockets
- 1
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteCPU / Windows · 3.5.0 · samples/min
Intel Xeon CPU E5-2678 v3
177.20 samples/min
3 submissions · median result
Latest submission:- Rendering backend
- CPU
- Operating system
- Windows
- Statistic
- Median
- Evaluation type
- community rendering submissions
- CPU cores
- 12
- CPU threads
- 24
- CPU sockets
- 1
- 25th percentile
- 169.20840917624
- 75th percentile
- 177.64917916561
Blender Cycles / junkshopCPU / Windows · 3.5.0 · samples/min
Intel Xeon CPU E5-2678 v3
56.05 samples/min
3 submissions · median result
Latest submission:- Rendering backend
- CPU
- Operating system
- Windows
- Statistic
- Median
- Evaluation type
- community rendering submissions
- CPU cores
- 12
- CPU threads
- 24
- CPU sockets
- 1
Blender Cycles / monsterCPU / Windows · 3.5.0 · samples/min
Intel Xeon CPU E5-2678 v3
82.05 samples/min
3 submissions · median result
Latest submission:- Rendering backend
- CPU
- Operating system
- Windows
- Statistic
- Median
- Evaluation type
- community rendering submissions
- CPU cores
- 12
- CPU threads
- 24
- CPU sockets
- 1
Blender Cycles / classroomCPU / Windows · 3.4.0 · samples/min
Intel Xeon CPU E5-2678 v3
37.93 samples/min
4 submissions · median result
Latest submission:- Rendering backend
- CPU
- Operating system
- Windows
- Statistic
- Median
- Evaluation type
- community rendering submissions
- CPU cores
- 12
- CPU threads
- 24
- CPU sockets
- 1
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteCPU / Windows · 3.4.0 · samples/min
Intel Xeon CPU E5-2678 v3
169.95 samples/min
4 submissions · median result
Latest submission:- Rendering backend
- CPU
- Operating system
- Windows
- Statistic
- Median
- Evaluation type
- community rendering submissions
- CPU cores
- 12
- CPU threads
- 24
- CPU sockets
- 1
- 25th percentile
- 164.12361973049
- 75th percentile
- 175.44726980102
Blender Cycles / junkshopCPU / Windows · 3.4.0 · samples/min
Intel Xeon CPU E5-2678 v3
52.31 samples/min
4 submissions · median result
Latest submission:- Rendering backend
- CPU
- Operating system
- Windows
- Statistic
- Median
- Evaluation type
- community rendering submissions
- CPU cores
- 12
- CPU threads
- 24
- CPU sockets
- 1
Blender Cycles / monsterCPU / Windows · 3.4.0 · samples/min
Intel Xeon CPU E5-2678 v3
79.72 samples/min
4 submissions · median result
Latest submission:- Rendering backend
- CPU
- Operating system
- Windows
- Statistic
- Median
- Evaluation type
- community rendering submissions
- CPU cores
- 12
- CPU threads
- 24
- CPU sockets
- 1
Blender Cycles / classroomCPU / Windows · 3.3.0 · samples/min
Intel Xeon CPU E5-2678 v3
36.32 samples/min
4 submissions · median result
Latest submission:- Rendering backend
- CPU
- Operating system
- Windows
- Statistic
- Median
- Evaluation type
- community rendering submissions
- CPU cores
- 12
- CPU threads
- 24
- CPU sockets
- 1
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteCPU / Windows · 3.3.0 · samples/min
Intel Xeon CPU E5-2678 v3
170.38 samples/min
4 submissions · median result
Latest submission:- Rendering backend
- CPU
- Operating system
- Windows
- Statistic
- Median
- Evaluation type
- community rendering submissions
- CPU cores
- 12
- CPU threads
- 24
- CPU sockets
- 1
- 25th percentile
- 162.13312080235
- 75th percentile
- 177.08830508473
Blender Cycles / junkshopCPU / Windows · 3.3.0 · samples/min
Intel Xeon CPU E5-2678 v3
50.85 samples/min
4 submissions · median result
Latest submission:- Rendering backend
- CPU
- Operating system
- Windows
- Statistic
- Median
- Evaluation type
- community rendering submissions
- CPU cores
- 12
- CPU threads
- 24
- CPU sockets
- 1
Blender Cycles / monsterCPU / Windows · 3.3.0 · samples/min
Intel Xeon CPU E5-2678 v3
82.79 samples/min
4 submissions · median result
Latest submission:- Rendering backend
- CPU
- Operating system
- Windows
- Statistic
- Median
- Evaluation type
- community rendering submissions
- CPU cores
- 12
- CPU threads
- 24
- CPU sockets
- 1
Blender Cycles / classroomCPU / Windows · 3.2.1 · samples/min
Intel Xeon CPU E5-2678 v3
36.97 samples/min
8 submissions · median result
Latest submission:- Rendering backend
- CPU
- Operating system
- Windows
- Statistic
- Median
- Evaluation type
- community rendering submissions
- CPU cores
- 12
- CPU threads
- 24
- CPU sockets
- 1
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteCPU / Windows · 3.2.1 · samples/min
Intel Xeon CPU E5-2678 v3
170.00 samples/min
8 submissions · median result
Latest submission:- Rendering backend
- CPU
- Operating system
- Windows
- Statistic
- Median
- Evaluation type
- community rendering submissions
- CPU cores
- 12
- CPU threads
- 24
- CPU sockets
- 1
- 25th percentile
- 157.61723062561
- 75th percentile
- 175.56611453638
Blender Cycles / junkshopCPU / Windows · 3.2.1 · samples/min
Intel Xeon CPU E5-2678 v3
50.82 samples/min
8 submissions · median result
Latest submission:- Rendering backend
- CPU
- Operating system
- Windows
- Statistic
- Median
- Evaluation type
- community rendering submissions
- CPU cores
- 12
- CPU threads
- 24
- CPU sockets
- 1
Blender Cycles / monsterCPU / Windows · 3.2.1 · samples/min
Intel Xeon CPU E5-2678 v3
82.21 samples/min
8 submissions · median result
Latest submission:- Rendering backend
- CPU
- Operating system
- Windows
- Statistic
- Median
- Evaluation type
- community rendering submissions
- CPU cores
- 12
- CPU threads
- 24
- CPU sockets
- 1
Blender Cycles / classroomCPU / Windows · 3.1.0 · samples/min
Intel Xeon CPU E5-2678 v3
36.95 samples/min
4 submissions · median result
Latest submission:- Rendering backend
- CPU
- Operating system
- Windows
- Statistic
- Median
- Evaluation type
- community rendering submissions
- CPU cores
- 12
- CPU threads
- 24
- CPU sockets
- 1
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteCPU / Windows · 3.1.0 · samples/min
Intel Xeon CPU E5-2678 v3
163.04 samples/min
4 submissions · median result
Latest submission:- Rendering backend
- CPU
- Operating system
- Windows
- Statistic
- Median
- Evaluation type
- community rendering submissions
- CPU cores
- 12
- CPU threads
- 24
- CPU sockets
- 1
- 25th percentile
- 155.83773670977
- 75th percentile
- 169.83914582384
Blender Cycles / junkshopCPU / Windows · 3.1.0 · samples/min
Intel Xeon CPU E5-2678 v3
48.06 samples/min
4 submissions · median result
Latest submission:- Rendering backend
- CPU
- Operating system
- Windows
- Statistic
- Median
- Evaluation type
- community rendering submissions
- CPU cores
- 12
- CPU threads
- 24
- CPU sockets
- 1
Blender Cycles / monsterCPU / Windows · 3.1.0 · samples/min
Intel Xeon CPU E5-2678 v3
77.99 samples/min
4 submissions · median result
Latest submission:- Rendering backend
- CPU
- Operating system
- Windows
- Statistic
- Median
- Evaluation type
- community rendering submissions
- CPU cores
- 12
- CPU threads
- 24
- CPU sockets
- 1
Processing & platform
- CPU cores
- 12
- CPU threads
- 24*
- Base clock
- 2.5 GHz
- CPU reference clock
- 100 MHz*
- Maximum boost clock
- 3.3 GHz*
- L3 cache
- 30 MB
- Socket / package
- LGA 2011-3
Cache hierarchy
- L3 / total
- Level
- L3
- Scope
- total
- Size
- 30 MB
Compatible sockets
- LGA 2011-3
Memory & storage
- Rated memory bandwidth
- 68.30 GB/s*
Supported memory
- DDR3-1866
- Technology
- DDR3
- Transfer rate
- 1,866 MT/s
- DDR4-2133
- Technology
- DDR4
- Transfer rate
- 2,133 MT/s
Power specifications
- Thermal design power
- 120 W
System configuration
Detailed specifications
Specifications 1 · 9 fields
- Release
- 2,015*
- Name
- Xeon E5-2678 V3*
- Codename
- Haswell-EP*
- Cores
- 12 / 24*
- Clock
- 2.5 to 3.3 GHz*
- Socket
- Socket 2011-3*
- Process
- 22* nm
- L3 Cache
- 30MB*
- TDP
- 120* W
Specifications 2 · 24 fields
- name
- Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 @ 2.50GHz*
- name
- Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 @ 2.50GHz*
- cores
- 12*
- cores
- 12*
- logicals
- 2*
- logicals
- 2*
- samples
- 114*
- samples
- 37*
- price
- 106.19*
- price
- 212.38*
- tdp
- 120*
- tdp
- 120*
- date
- 2015-08-01*
- date
- 2015-08-01*
- socket
- LGA2011-v3*
- socket
- LGA2011-v3*
- category
- Server*
- category
- Server*
- speed
- 2,500*
- speed
- 2,500*
- turbo
- 3,100*
- turbo
- 3,100*
- cpuCount
- 1*
- cpuCount
- 2*
Specifications 3 · 35 fields
- name
- Xeon E5-2678 v3*
- Release Date
- 2015*
- Part#
- SR20Z*
- Frequency
- 2.5* GHz
- Turbo Clock
- up to 3.3 GHz*
- Base Clock
- 100* MHz
- Multiplier
- 25.0x*
- QPI Links
- 2x 9600MT/s*
- Multiplier Unlocked
- No*
- Codename
- Haswell-EP*
- Socket
- Intel Socket 2011-3*
- Generation
- Xeon E5 (Haswell-EP)*
- Memory Support
- DDR3, DDR4*
- ECC Memory
- Yes*
- # of Cores
- 12*
- # of Threads
- 24*
- SMP # CPUs
- 2*
- Cache L1
- 64 KB (per core)*
- Cache L2
- 256 KB (per core)*
- Features
- MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, EIST, HTT, Intel 64, XD bit, VT-x, VT-d, AES-NI, TSX, TXT, CLMUL, FMA3, F16C, BMI1, BMI2, Boost 2.0, vPro*
- Foundry
- Intel*
- Rated Speed
- 2,133* MT/s
- Memory Bus
- Quad-channel*
- Memory Bandwidth
- 68.3* GB/s
- tJMax
- 85°C*
- PCI-Express
- Gen 3, 40 Lanes (CPU only)*
- Process Size
- 22* nm
- Cache L3
- 30 MB (shared)*
- Chipsets
- C612, X99*
- Transistors
- 2,600 million*
- Die Size
- 356* mm²
- Package
- FC-LGA12A*
- Market
- Server/Workstation*
- All Core Turbo
- 2.9* GHz
- Production Status
- End-of-life*
Specifications 4 · 4 fields
- brand
- Intel*
- brand
- Intel*
- name
- Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 @ 2.50GHz*
- name
- Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 @ 2.50GHz*
Specifications 5 · 8 fields
- name
- Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 @ 2.50GHz*
- socket
- LGA2011-v3*
- category
- Server*
- mark
- 16,905*
- single thread
- 1,717*
- tdp
- 120*
- powerperf
- 140*
- testdate
- Aug 2015*
Specifications 6 · 12 fields
- cpuName
- Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 @ 2.50GHz*
Scope and conditions
- benchmark_context
- suite
- PassMark*
- test_configuration_verified
- No*
- comparable
- No*
- testDate
- 2,015*
Scope and conditions
- benchmark_context
- suite
- PassMark*
- test_configuration_verified
- No*
- comparable
- No*
- socket
- LGA2011-v3*
Scope and conditions
- benchmark_context
- suite
- PassMark*
- test_configuration_verified
- No*
- comparable
- No*
- category
- Server*
Scope and conditions
- benchmark_context
- suite
- PassMark*
- test_configuration_verified
- No*
- comparable
- No*
- price
- 170*
Scope and conditions
- benchmark_context
- suite
- PassMark*
- test_configuration_verified
- No*
- comparable
- No*
- cpuMark
- 14,682*
Scope and conditions
- benchmark_context
- suite
- PassMark*
- test_configuration_verified
- No*
- comparable
- No*
- cpuValue
- 86.36*
Scope and conditions
- benchmark_context
- suite
- PassMark*
- test_configuration_verified
- No*
- comparable
- No*
- threadMark
- 1,718*
Scope and conditions
- benchmark_context
- suite
- PassMark*
- test_configuration_verified
- No*
- comparable
- No*
- threadValue
- 10.1*
Scope and conditions
- benchmark_context
- suite
- PassMark*
- test_configuration_verified
- No*
- comparable
- No*
- TDP
- 120*
Scope and conditions
- benchmark_context
- suite
- PassMark*
- test_configuration_verified
- No*
- comparable
- No*
- powerPerf
- 122.35*
Scope and conditions
- benchmark_context
- suite
- PassMark*
- test_configuration_verified
- No*
- comparable
- No*
- cores
- 12*
Scope and conditions
- benchmark_context
- suite
- PassMark*
- test_configuration_verified
- No*
- comparable
- No*
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