Xeon E5-2658 V3: specs and benchmarks

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Xeon E5-2658 V3
2014
12 cores / 24 threads, 105 Watt
8.49

Xeon E5-2658 V3 provides acceptable benchmark performance at 8.49% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.

Summary

Intel started Xeon E5-2658 V3 sales 8 September 2014. This is a Haswell-EP architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 12 cores and 24 threads, and is based on 22 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 2900 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is Intel Socket 2011-3 processor with a TDP of 105 Watt. It supports DDR4-2133 memory.

Primary details

Xeon E5-2658 V3 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in the ranking899
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Market segmentServer
Power efficiency7.65of 100.00 (Ryzen Z1 Extreme)
Architecture codenameHaswell-EP (2014−2015)
Release date8 September 2014 (10 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads24
Base clock speed2.2 GHzof 4.7 GHz (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed2.9 GHzof 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS)
L1 cache64K (per core)of 80 KB (EPYC 9965)
L2 cache256K (per core)
L3 cache30 MB (shared)of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X)
Chip lithography22 nmof 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Die size356 mm2
Number of transistors2,600 millionof 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X)
64 bit support+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2658 V3 compatibility with other computer components and devices: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration2of 8 (Opteron 842)
Socket2011-3
Power consumption (TDP)105 Wattof 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2658 V3. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI+
AVX+
vPro+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+
TSX+

Security technologies

Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

VT-d+
VT-x+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2658 V3's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2133

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version3.0of 5.0 (Core i9-12900K)
PCI Express lanes40of 128 (EPYC 7551P)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Xeon E5-2658 V3. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Xeon E5-2658 V3 8.49

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Xeon E5-2658 V3 13487

Gaming performance

Closest competitors

Xeon E5-2658 V3's performance relative to its closest rivals among server CPUs.


Xeon E5-2658 V3 100
Xeon E-2136 99.88
Xeon D-1581 98.35

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Xeon E5-2658 V3 is Opteron 6278, which is faster by 2% and higher by 17 positions in our ranking.

Here are some closest AMD rivals to Xeon E5-2658 V3:

Opteron 6278 101.88
Xeon E5-2658 V3 100
Opteron 6348 58.19

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