Weekly CPU #21
Intel Xeon E5 2676 v3
Here are some things about it:
- Cores/Threads: 12/24
- Base/Boost clock: 2.40GHz/3.00GHz
- Cache: 30MB
- TDP: 120W
- Manufacturing process: 22nm
- Year: 2015
- MSRP: unknown
- Socket: LGA2011
- Targeted market: Server
- PassMark score: 12833
My rating of it: 7.5/10
Andres rating: 8.537/10
An interesting 'Amazon OEM Exclusive' (AWS) server CPU.
Some more info: It has 40 lanes of PCIe gen 3. It supports up to 768GB of DDR3 and DDR4 ECC Quad-Channel ram.
Date posted: October 18, 2026
Comment: Worked quite a bit on my 1971 Lada today.