"Old"Xeon 2697 V2 and Xeon 2650 V2"Overclocked"and Benchmarked!!!

[Zyll Goliat]

First of all thank you for your time reading this post and I hope so that you will enjoy in content bellow.....

So let's start....
Maybe I am not one of those people who have the money for the latest and greatest hardware but I certainly consider myself as PC enthusiast.Now I know that probably some of you wandering how 2600 Series of Xeons can be overclocked when those Xeons are locked....well you might be correct they can't at least not the same way as we overclocking "traditionally" I7k,I9k or any other unlocked CPU's but IF you have some good-quality-branded X79 motherboard you just might be able to rise up your bclk(bus speed)in your bios and like that and with a bit of Voltage/Memory tweaking you can rise your base and Turbo CPU speed. Usually people managed to go somewhere in between 103-105 on bus speed which could improve their performance for just about few %,however there are also those people with a bit of more experience,knowledge,time and luck,and if those guys "grab" some good piece of silicon(cpu)thay can crank it up that bus speed even beyond 110-115....well this is the story of 2 CPU's that passed that imaginary line and here bellow are their benchmarking results......

This Graph above trying to represents differences in CPU power from my previous PC in past 10 years or so....I decide to to show you Cinebench R15 results as I managed to keep all those scores.....

Now here we have our 2 "hero's" on the left side is Xeon 2697 V2 that I OC 3,45Ghz(115,2 bclk) on all cores + turbo boosting on few cores all the way up to the 4,03Ghz and on the right side we have Xeon 2650 V2 that is OC on 3,4Ghz and boosting all the way up to the 3,85Ghz.....

Lets start our benchmarking comparison with the GeekBench 4 both CPU's managed to score way above the average scores for those cpu's...It's not surprising that Xeon 2697 V2 have almost for 10k better score in multi-core score but is nice to see that beats 2650 V2 in single-core also.......

Passmark 9 Performance test is next,there are also results from other cpu's(all on stock speeds)and also you can see the result of Xeon 2697 V2 on stock speed...and yeah "our"overclocked Xeon 2650 V2 beats "12-headed" monster on his stock speed however when is OC Xeon 2697 V2 pass that 20k line and seriously threaten new&modern Ryzen 3700....

Now we see the results in CPU Z Multi Core Test....Our OC Xeon 2697 V2 is fighting the battle proudly and even beating his younger"brother" on X99 platform Xeon 2678 V3.........

In Aida64 Extreme on CPU Queen test we can see that OC 2650 V2 crushing younger and much more expensive I9 8700k(stock speed) also 2697 V2 is almost reaching the whooping 100k score!!!

When it comes to the rendering 2697 V2 is still wining over the 8700k but as we can see the raw power is not enough and 2650 V2 falls behind the 8700k...

Now when it comes to the gaming Time Spy Physics score is good indicator how much power your CPU holds.....and we can see that 2697 V2 is in between 9900k and 8700k where 2650 V2 still beating the Ryzen 2600....now this don't means that 2650V2 is better cpu for gaming then Ryzen 2600 as we compare here 8 cores Vs 6 cores and usually games prefers less but faster cores instead of more slower cores however newer games become to utilize better more cores/threads then ever before.....

Here we can see all Firestrike results between 2697 V2 and 2650 V2 using the same Graphic card(R9 Fury)...GPU score is almost identical(no surprise) of course but thx to the better Physics score Xeon 2697 V2 push enough for the overall win.......

And finally we can see how those 2 CPU act in latest Cinebench R23 benchmark....as both of them missing AVX 2 instruction that reflects on their final scores but never the less Xeon 2697 V2 almost reaching 10k in scores and it is interesting to see that still beats easily unlocked and overclocked Xeon 1680 V2.....

When it comes to the power consumption is expected to see that CPU with more cores/threads use more power when it needs and when it's utilizes 100% in heavy workloads but as we can see the difference is almost negligible when both cpu's are in idle or during the gaming........

At the end let's not forget the temperatures I was using the same "cheap" Xigmatek LOKI SD963 Air cooler with 3 cooper pipes and 2 fans on it.....Under the heavy torture test both cpu's stay way bellow Intels TJ Max specifications....

Also If you are lazy to read you can always watch the video bellow with the very same graphs as in text above...

If You have any questions or suggestions leave your comments bellow....

 

[Fouquin]

Very nice! In place of the 2650 V2 you can also find the 1680 V2 which is 8C/16T with an unlocked multiplier up to 57x. You can generally see those get to 4.3-4.5GHz without too much trouble, or 4.7GHz under significantly better cooling.

The strap OC is definitely a hard one to get working on the E5-2600s, but when it works it's pretty great. Some Haswell systems can do it too but it's even less common.

 

[Zyll Goliat]

Very nice! In place of the 2650 V2 you can also find the 1680 V2 which is 8C/16T with an unlocked multiplier up to 57x. You can generally see those get to 4.3-4.5GHz without too much trouble, or 4.7GHz under significantly better cooling.

The strap OC is definitely a hard one to get working on the E5-2600s, but when it works it's pretty great. Some Haswell systems can do it too but it's even less common.

Sure Xeon 1680 V2 is unlocked and much better then 2650 V2, tho' 1680 V2 still knows to be a bit pricey on ebay&AliExpress with the current price range 140$-220$ where 2650 V2 usually could be found for just about 50$-60$.....when it comes to the Xeon 2697 V2 they also still hold their price(kinda)140$-210$ but let's not forget that those beasts at launch cost more then 2,5k$.....

 

[Zyll Goliat]

I forgot to put the chart with the price range so here it is....

Current price is of course for USED cpu's on Ebay&AliExpress....

 

[nuggdoctor]

Kudos to you on your stable clocks. Especially when your using a tough chip to oc to start with. I run an 8700k @ 5.1Ghz on 1.365v. On a 240mm corsair aio. My question for you is what are you using for cooling? If its a custom loop or aio what are the temps on the Xeon 2697? because at that current price and oc ability, its a viable alternative for a lot of people.

 

[Zyll Goliat]

Kudos to you on your stable clocks. Especially when your using a tough chip to oc to start with. I run an 8700k @ 5.1Ghz on 1.365v. On a 240mm corsair aio. My question for you is what are you using for cooling? If its a custom loop or aio what are the temps on the Xeon 2697? because at that current price and oc ability, its a viable alternative for a lot of people.

THX....And cooling is actually the BEST part because I am using just simple "cheap"AIR cooler that I also used for previous X58 build and now for both of those X79 Xeon CPU's....

It's Xigmatek Loki SD963 and I just attached second fan on it......and it's doing a job perfectly fine even with this 12c/24t 2697 V2 OC on 3,456Mhz in torture tests like IBT,prime or Cinebench R23 temps staying bellow 80c and in gaming they rarely going above 60c.....

P.S.Nice build you have there....I wish that I can afford that GTX 1080 TI but these days prices are still crazy....I reckon that 1080TI is most likely the "pinnacle"for this 12 headed monster....

 

[nuggdoctor]

Keeping those under 60 on air is outstanding! I actually got my gpu used on Ebay for 380$ plus tax and shipping. It was supposed to come with the powerlink adapter but the guy didnt send it. I sure wasnt going to cancel the order and send it back. so i ordered my own powerlink for 12$ . Well worth it in my opinion.

 

[Zyll Goliat]

Keeping those under 60 on air is outstanding! I actually got my gpu used on Ebay for 380$ plus tax and shipping. It was supposed to come with the powerlink adapter but the guy didnt send it. I sure wasnt going to cancel the order and send it back. so i ordered my own powerlink for 12$ . Well worth it in my opinion.

Actually those Xeon's V2(22nm)are not that "hot" especially If you know what you doing and keep the voltages in order only if you push them beyond 4Ghz(If they are unlocked like Xeon1680 V2)and crank the voltage above the 1,25-1,3V then you going to need some better cooling so all in all I was not that surprised with the temps on 2650 V2 but yeah I did expected 2697 V2 to get hotter then this because of all those cores....anyway I was chasing Xeon 2697 V2 for a while and now I am 100% sure that this particular chip is definitely a keeper!!!

 

[nuggdoctor]

I run my 8700k at 5.1ghz and it would be crazy hot on air. probably not attainable. it is delidded and conductonauted with a lapped solid copper lid and use an 240mm corsair aio for cooling it still gets up to 50 under VERY long gaming sessions. like 5 or 6 hours straight on warzone or horizon 4. if im just on the internet like now it sits at 22. so i cant complain