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Core i5-10500 vs Xeon E5-2651 v2


Description
The i5-10500 is based on Comet Lake architecture while the E5-2651 v2 is based on Ivy Bridge.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i5-10500 gets a score of 297.9 k points while the E5-2651 v2 gets 426.2 k points.

Summarizing, the E5-2651 v2 is 1.4 times faster than the i5-10500. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
a0653
306e4
Core
Comet Lake-S
Ivy Bridge-EP
Architecture
Base frecuency
3.1 GHz
1.8 GHz
Boost frecuency
4.5 GHz
2.2 GHz
Socket
FC-LGA 1200
LGA 2011
Cores/Threads
6/12
12/24
TDP
65 W
W
Cache L1 (d+i)
6x32+6x32 kB
12x32+12x32 kB
Cache L2
6x256 kB
12x256 kB
Cache L3
12288 kB
30720 kB
Date
April 2020
October 2013
Mean monothread perf.
75.27k points
17.75k points
Mean multithread perf.
387.99k points
426.18k 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
i5-10500
E5-2651 v2
Test#1 (Integers)
16.3k
6.75k (x0.41)
Test#2 (FP)
23.22k
6.05k (x0.26)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.22k
2.61k (x0.42)
Test#1 (Memory)
14.05k
2.26k (x0.16)
TOTAL
59.79k
17.68k (x0.3)

Multithread

i5-10500

E5-2651 v2
Test#1 (Integers)
92.61k
168.18k (x1.82)
Test#2 (FP)
147.68k
159.6k (x1.08)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
40.71k
77.04k (x1.89)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.78k
10.19k (x1.31)
TOTAL
288.77k
415.01k (x1.44)

AVX optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode II (AVX) is optimized to used 256 bits registers beside the first version of the Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX). The first AVX compatible CPU was released in 2011.
Monothread
i5-10500
E5-2651 v2
Test#1 (Integers)
16.33k
6.69k (x0.41)
Test#2 (FP)
24.73k
6.35k (x0.26)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.99k
2.54k (x0.42)
Test#1 (Memory)
13.64k
2.17k (x0.16)
TOTAL
60.69k
17.75k (x0.29)

Multithread

i5-10500

E5-2651 v2
Test#1 (Integers)
91.64k
165.17k (x1.8)
Test#2 (FP)
158.71k
176.85k (x1.11)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
39.84k
73.91k (x1.86)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.76k
10.25k (x1.32)
TOTAL
297.94k
426.18k (x1.43)

Performance/W
i5-10500
E5-2651 v2
Test#1 (Integers)
1410 points/W