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Intel Xeon E5-2603

Processor Released Mar 6, 2012

CPU cores: 4
CPU threads: 4
Thermal design power: 80 W

Benchmark results

PassMark · version unreported · cpuMark2,362^*Platform unreported Compare results
PassMark · version unreported · threadMark868^*Platform unreported Compare results
Reported score · version unreported · mark3,580^*Platform unreported Compare results

Processing & platform

CPU cores: 4
CPU threads: 4
Base clock: 1.8 GHz
CPU reference clock: 100 MHz^*
Maximum supported memory bandwidth: 34.10 GB/s^*
L3 cache: 10 MB
Architecture: Sandy Bridge^*
Socket / package: LGA 2011
Process node: 32 nm
Hardware threads per core: 1^*

Cache hierarchy

L3 / total
Level
L3
Scope
total
Size
10 MB
Reported cache^*
Size
10 MB^*
Level
Reported cache (level unstated)^*
Scope
Intel® Smart Cache^*

Compatible sockets

LGA 2011

Memory & storage

Memory channels: 4
Video memory type: DDR3 800/1066^*

Supported memory

DDR3-1066
Technology
DDR3
Transfer rate
1,066 MT/s
DDR3 800/1066^*

CPU memory support

DDR3-800
Variant / details
Manufacturer CPU memory-controller support; system and module configuration may limit operation.
Technology
DDR3
Transfer rate
800 MT/s
DDR3-1066
Variant / details
Manufacturer CPU memory-controller support; system and module configuration may limit operation.
Technology
DDR3
Transfer rate
1,066 MT/s

Power specifications

Thermal design power: 80 W

System configuration

Detailed specifications

Specifications 1 · 30 fields

Product Collection: Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family^*
Processor Base Frequency: 1.8^* GHz
Cache: 10 MB SmartCache^*
Bus Speed: 6.4 GT/s QPI^*
TDP: 80^* W
Embedded Options Available: No^*
Max Memory Size: 384^* GB
Memory Types: DDR3 800/1066^*
Max nb of Memory Channels: 4^*
Vertical Segment: Server^*
Max Memory Bandwidth: 34.1^* GB/s
ECC Memory Supported: Yes^*
Processor Number: E5-2603^*
PCI Express Revision: 3^*
Max nb of PCI Express Lanes: 40^*
T: 70.0°C^*
Intel Hyper Threading Technology: No^*
Intel Virtualization Technology VTx: Yes^*
Intel 64: Yes^*
Status: End of Life^*
Instruction Set: 64-bit^*
Instruction Set Extensions: AVX^*
Idle States: Yes^*
Thermal Monitoring Technologies: Yes^*
Execute Disable Bit: Yes^*
Launch Date: Q1'12^*
Lithography: 32^* nm
Recommended Customer Price: $198.00 - $207.00^*
nb of Cores: 4^*
nb of Threads: 4^*

Specifications 2 · 9 fields

Release: Mar 6th, 2012^*
Name: Xeon E5-2603^*
Codename: Sandy Bridge-EP^*
Cores: 4^*
Clock: 1,800^* MHz
Socket: Socket 2011^*
Process: 32^* nm
L3 Cache: 10MB^*
TDP: 80^* W

Specifications 3 · 10 fields

model: E5-2603^*
date: 2012-01-01^*
clock: 1,800^*
hw nthreadspercore: 1^*
hw ncores: 4^*
tdp: 80^*
vdd low: 0.6^*
vdd high: 1.35^*
name Processor code name: Sandy Bridge EP^*
name Processor family: Xeon^*

Specifications 4 · 24 fields

name: Intel Xeon E5-2603 @ 1.80GHz^*
name: Intel Xeon E5-2603 @ 1.80GHz^*
cores: 4^*
cores: 4^*
logicals: 1^*
logicals: 1^*
samples: 34^*
samples: 2^*
price: 131.54^*
price: 65.77^*
tdp: 80^*
tdp: 80^*
date: 2012-01-01^*
date: 2012-01-01^*
socket: LGA 2011^*
socket: LGA 2011^*
category: Server^*
category: Server^*
speed: 1,800^*
speed: 1,800^*
turbo: 0^*
turbo: 0^*
cpuCount: 2^*
cpuCount: 1^*

Specifications 5 · 28 fields

name: Xeon E5-2603^*
Release Date: Mar 6th, 2012^*
Part#: SR0LB^*
Frequency: 1,800^* MHz
Base Clock: 100^* MHz
Multiplier: 18.0x^*
Multiplier Unlocked: No^*
Voltage: 1.35^* V
Codename: Sandy Bridge-EP^*
Socket: Intel Socket 2011^*
Generation: Xeon E5 (Sandy Bridge-EP)^*
Memory Support: DDR3^*
ECC Memory: Yes^*
# of Cores: 4^*
# of Threads: 4^*
SMP # CPUs: 2^*
Cache L1: 64 KB (per core)^*
Cache L2: 256 KB (per core)^*
Features: MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.2, AVX, EIST, Intel 64, XD bit, TXT, VT-x, VT-d, AES-NI, 6.4GT/s QPI^*
Foundry: Intel^*
Memory Bus: Quad-channel^*
PCI-Express: Gen 3^*
Process Size: 32^* nm
Cache L3: 10 MB (shared)^*
Transistors: 1,270 million^*
Die Size: 294^* mm²
Package: FC-LGA10^*
Market: Server/Workstation^*

Specifications 6 · 4 fields

brand: Intel^*
brand: Intel^*
name: Intel Xeon E5-2603 @ 1.80GHz^*
name: Intel Xeon E5-2603 @ 1.80GHz^*

Specifications 7 · 17 fields

cache size: 10,240^*
tdp: 80^*
socket: FCLGA2011^*
memory type: DDR3 800/1066^*
cores: 4^*
vertical segment: Server^*
max memory size: 402,653,184^*
status: Discontinued^*
max temp: 70^*
package size: 52.5mm x 45.0mm^*
threads: 4^*
name: Intel Xeon E5-2603^*
processor number: E5-2603^*
launch date: 2012-02-01^*
lithography: 32^*
bus speed: 6.4^*
base frequency: 1,800^*

Specifications 8 · 48 fields

Recommended Customer Price

$207.00^*

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

Price scope: Historical source recommendation; not a current retail offer. The original currency notation is retained.^*

Intel® AES New Instructions

Yes^*

Intel® Trusted Execution Technology ‡

Yes^*

Execute Disable Bit ‡

Yes^*

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x) ‡

Yes^*

Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d) ‡

Yes^*

Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT) ‡

Yes^*

Intel vPro® Eligibility ‡

Intel vPro® Platform^*

Total Cores

4^*

Total Threads

4^*

Processor Base Frequency

1.8^* GHz

Cache

10.0^* MB

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

Cache description: Intel® Smart Cache^*
Original declaration: 10 MB Intel® Smart Cache^*

Bus Speed

6.4^* GT/s

TDP

80^* W

# of QPI Links

2^*

Marketing Status

Discontinued^*

Launch Date

Q1'12^*

Servicing Status

End of Servicing Lifetime^*

Embedded Options Available

No^*

End of Servicing Updates Date

Tuesday | June 30 | 2020^*

Expected Discontinuance

Q2'15^*

Max Memory Size (dependent on memory type)

384^* GB

Memory Types

DDR3 800/1066^*

Max # of Memory Channels

4^*

Max Memory Bandwidth

34.1^* GB/s

ECC Memory Supported ‡

Yes^*

Product Collection

Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family^*

Vertical Segment

Server^*

PCI Express Revision

3.0^*

Max # of PCI Express Lanes

40^*

Scalability

2S Only^*

Sockets Supported

FCLGA2011^*

Max CPU Configuration

2^*

Processor Number

E5-2603^*

TCASE

70.0^* °C

Package Size

52.5mm x 45.0mm^*

Intel® Turbo Boost Technology ‡

No^*

Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology ‡

No^*

Lithography

32^* nm

Intel® 64 ‡

Yes^*

Instruction Set

64-bit^*

Idle States

Yes^*

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology

Yes^*

Intel® Demand Based Switching

Yes^*

Thermal Monitoring Technologies

Yes^*

Instruction Set Extensions

Intel® AVX^*

Intel® Flex Memory Access

No^*

Intel® Identity Protection Technology ‡

No^*

Specifications 9 · 11 fields

name: Intel Xeon E5-2603 @ 1.80GHz^*
socket: LGA 2011^*
category: Server^*
price: $215.55*^*
mark: 3,580^*
value: 16.61^*
single thread: 942^*
single thread value: 4.37^*
tdp: 80^*
powerperf: 44^*
testdate: Jan 2012^*

Specifications 10 · 6 fields

microarchitecture

Sandy Bridge^*

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: Intel Xeon E5-2603^*
catalogue_reference: Intel Xeon E5-2603^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Historical publisher declaration. Missing or conflicting observations remain unverified; no benchmark or tested performance inferred.^*

Reported core clock

1.8^* GHz

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: Intel Xeon E5-2603^*
catalogue_reference: Intel Xeon E5-2603^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Source calls this core clock; it is not relabelled as base, sustained or gaming clock.^*

core count

4^*

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: Intel Xeon E5-2603^*
catalogue_reference: Intel Xeon E5-2603^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Historical publisher declaration. Missing or conflicting observations remain unverified; no benchmark or tested performance inferred.^*

Historical listing price (dataset 2025-07-23)

amount: 98.95^*
currency: USD^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*
scope: Historical listing observation; retailer, stock and current availability unknown^*

USD

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: Intel Xeon E5-2603^*
catalogue_reference: Intel Xeon E5-2603^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Historical publisher declaration. Missing or conflicting observations remain unverified; no benchmark or tested performance inferred.^*

name

Intel Xeon E5-2603^*

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: Intel Xeon E5-2603^*
catalogue_reference: Intel Xeon E5-2603^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Historical publisher declaration. Missing or conflicting observations remain unverified; no benchmark or tested performance inferred.^*

tdp

80^* W

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: Intel Xeon E5-2603^*
catalogue_reference: Intel Xeon E5-2603^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Historical publisher declaration. Missing or conflicting observations remain unverified; no benchmark or tested performance inferred.^*

Specifications 11 · 12 fields

cpuName

Intel Xeon E5-2603 @ 1.80GHz^*

Scope and conditions

benchmark_context

suite: PassMark^*
test_configuration_verified: No^*
comparable: No^*

testDate

2,012^*

Scope and conditions

benchmark_context

suite: PassMark^*
test_configuration_verified: No^*
comparable: No^*

socket

LGA 2011^*

Scope and conditions

benchmark_context

suite: PassMark^*
test_configuration_verified: No^*
comparable: No^*

Benchmark results

Processing & platform

Cache hierarchy

Compatible sockets

Memory & storage

Supported memory

CPU memory support

Power specifications

System configuration

Detailed specifications

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