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Intel® Xeon® E5-2696 v3

The Intel® Xeon® E5-2696 v3 is the best and most performant processor of the Xeon E5 v3 series, released at Sep 8th, 2014. This processor packs a massive 18 cores with a pretty high frequency and support for both DDR3 and DDR4 RAM.

The Xeon E5-2696 v3, a slightly better version of the non-OEM E5-2699 v3, with the performance difference being within the margin of error (<=1%), is an OEM model: information can not be found on it from official Intel sources.

Intel® Xeon® E5-2696 v3
Feature	Specification
Cores	18
Threads (with HT)	36
Base Clock Frequency	2.3 GHz
Boost Clock Frequency	>=3.8 GHz
Clock Multiplier	23.0x (locked)
Memory Support	DDR3 and DDR4, 2133 MHz
Cache (L1/L2/L3)	64 KB / 256 KB / 45 MB
TDP	145 W
tMAX	~76 °C

CPU Thermals

The E5-2696 v3 model is a very demanding and powerful processor, requiring good cooling for both the VRM and the CPU itself. If long-term high usage is planned, make sure to add extra cooling for the VRM to avoid overheating.

Benchmark Performance

CPU-Z Benchmark before and after Turbo Unlock Cinebench R23 Benchmark with Turbo Unlock and Undervolt

Revisions

Revisions of the E5-2696 v3
Stepping	S-Spec
A0 (ES1)	QEY8
M0/C0 (Pre-QS)	QG7U
M1/C1/R2 (QS/OEM)	QGN7/SR1XK (final)