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Core i7-6700K vs Virtual CPU Version 2.5


Description
The i7-6700K is based on Skylake architecture while the Version 2.5 is based on -.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i7-6700K gets a score of 197.1 k points while the Version 2.5 gets 85.7 k points.

Summarizing, the i7-6700K is 2.3 times faster than the Version 2.5. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
506e3
663
Core
Skylake-S
-
Architecture
Skylake
Base frecuency
4 GHz
4.2 GHz
Boost frecuency
4.2 GHz
4.2 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
-
Cores/Threads
4/8
2/2
TDP
95 W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
4x32+4x32 kB
- kB
Cache L2
256 kB
- kB
Cache L3
8192 kB
- kB
Date
May 2015
-
Mean monothread perf.
63.22k points
56.16k points
Mean multithread perf.
254.56k points
85.75k points

SSE3 optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode I (SSE) is optimized for the use of SIMD instructions with 128 bits register and the SSE set up to version 3. Nearly every modern CPU has support for this mode.
Monothread
i7-6700K
Version 2.5
Test#1 (Integers)
14.73k
15.7k (x1.07)
Test#2 (FP)
21.27k
22.8k (x1.07)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.52k
5.61k (x1.02)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.32k
12.05k (x1.91)
TOTAL
47.84k
56.16k (x1.17)

Multithread

i7-6700K

Version 2.5
Test#1 (Integers)
61.09k
28.49k (x0.47)
Test#2 (FP)
99.17k
37.67k (x0.38)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
26.57k
10.09k (x0.38)
Test#1 (Memory)
10.26k
9.5k (x0.93)
TOTAL
197.09k
85.75k (x0.44)

Performance/W
i7-6700K
Version 2.5
Test#1 (Integers)
643 points/W