Xeon E5-2686 V3: specs and benchmarks
Aggregate performance score
Xeon E5-2686 V3 provides acceptable benchmark performance at 11.42% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.
Summary
Intel started Xeon E5-2686 V3 sales 8 September 2014. This is a Haswell-EP architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 18 cores and 36 threads, and is based on 22 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 3500 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is Intel Socket 2011-3 processor with a TDP of 120 Watt and a maximum temperature of 83 °C. It supports DDR3, DDR4 2133 MHz Quad-channel memory.
Primary details
Xeon E5-2686 V3 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in the ranking | 681 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Server | |
| Power efficiency | 9.01 | of 100.00 (Core Ultra 7 164U) |
| Architecture codename | Haswell-EP (2014−2015) | |
| Release date | 8 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 cores | 18 (Octadeca-Core) | |
| Threads | 36 | |
| Base clock speed | 2 GHz | of 4.7 GHz (FX-9590) |
| Boost clock speed | 3.5 GHz | of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS) |
| L1 cache | 64K (per core) | of 80 KB (EPYC 9965) |
| L2 cache | 256K (per core) | |
| L3 cache | 45 MB (shared) | of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X) |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | of 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| Die size | 356 mm2 | |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 83 °C | of 105 °C (Core i7-5950HQ) |
| Number of transistors | 2,600 million | of 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X) |
| 64 bit support | + |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon E5-2686 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 configuration | 2 | of 8 (Opteron 842) |
| Socket | 2011-3 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 120 Watt | of 3100 ‑ 4500 (Ryzen 7 7435H) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2686 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 E5-2686 V3's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3, DDR4 2133 MHz Quad-channel |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | of 5.0 (Core i9-12900K) |
| PCI Express lanes | 40 | of 128 (EPYC 7551P) |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Xeon E5-2686 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.
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.
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AMD equivalent
According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Xeon E5-2686 V3 is Xeon Platinum 8256, which is slower by 7% and lower by 52 positions in our ranking.
Here are some closest AMD rivals to Xeon E5-2686 V3:
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Recommended GPUs
People consider these graphics cards to be good for Xeon E5-2686 V3, according to our PC configuration statistics.
These are the fastest graphics cards for Xeon E5-2686 V3 in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 23 configurations using Xeon E5-2686 V3 in our database.
