Core i5-6500 vs Xeon E3-1230 v5
Description
Both models i5-6500 and E3-1230 v5 are based on Skylake architecture.
Sky Lake is also known as 6th generation Core. Include Thunderbolt 3.0, SATA Express and Iris Pro graphics with DirectX 12. It uses LGA 1151 socket for mainstream models and LGA 2066 for X-Series. Sky Lake comes with AVX2 support in all mainstreams CPUs and AVX-512 in some high end models.
Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i5-6500 gets a score of 85 k points while the E3-1230 v5 gets 25.5 k points.
Summarizing, the i5-6500 is 3.3 times faster than the E3-1230 v5. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.
Sky Lake is also known as 6th generation Core. Include Thunderbolt 3.0, SATA Express and Iris Pro graphics with DirectX 12. It uses LGA 1151 socket for mainstream models and LGA 2066 for X-Series. Sky Lake comes with AVX2 support in all mainstreams CPUs and AVX-512 in some high end models.
Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i5-6500 gets a score of 85 k points while the E3-1230 v5 gets 25.5 k points.
Summarizing, the i5-6500 is 3.3 times faster than the E3-1230 v5. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.
Specs
CPUID
506e3
506e3
Core
Skylake-S
Skylake-S
Base frecuency
3.2 GHz
3.4 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.6 GHz
3.8 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
4/4
4/8
TDP
65 W
80 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
4x32+4x32 kB
4x32+4x32 kB
Cache L2
4x256 kB
4x256 kB
Cache L3
6144 kB
8192 kB
Date
September 2015
October 2015
Mean monothread perf.
53.7k points
9.52k points
Mean multithread perf.
179.44k points
37.88k points
Non-optimized benchmark
The benchmark in Mode 0 (FPU) measures cpu performance with non-optimized software. It uses the basic µinstructions from the i386 architecture with the i387 floating point unit. This mode is compatible with all CPUs so it's practical to compare very different CPUs
Monothread
i5-6500
E3-1230 v5
Test#1 (Integers)
3.46k
0.7k (x0.2)
Test#2 (FP)
14.61k
2.8k (x0.19)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.66k
0.85k (x0.18)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.99k
1.88k (x0.27)
TOTAL
29.71k
6.23k (x0.21)
Multithread
i5-6500
E3-1230 v5
Test#1 (Integers)
12.52k
2.74k (x0.22)
Test#2 (FP)
51.13k
12.87k (x0.25)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
17.41k
3.89k (x0.22)
Test#1 (Memory)
3.9k
6.03k (x1.55)
TOTAL
84.96k
25.52k (x0.3)
Performance/W
i5-6500
E3-1230 v5
Test#1 (Integers)
193 points/W
34 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
787 points/W
161 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
268 points/W
49 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
60 points/W
75 points/W
TOTAL
1307 points/W
319 points/W
Performance/GHz
i5-6500
E3-1230 v5
Test#1 (Integers)
960 points/GHz
183 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
4057 points/GHz
738 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1294 points/GHz
223 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
1942 points/GHz
496 points/GHz
TOTAL
8253 points/GHz
1640 points/GHz
Monothread performance graph
Monothread performance graphics gives the performance vs time. They are useful to measure the time it takes to the CPU to reach the maximum performance.
Usually, CPU's performance will be steady during these tests but if it has a slow frequency strategy, the first samples will show a lower score.
Usually, CPU's performance will be steady during these tests but if it has a slow frequency strategy, the first samples will show a lower score.
Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]
Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]
Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]
Multithread performance graph
Multithread graphs measure the performance against a heavy load during certain time.
If CPU's TDP doesn't limit the frequency and the machine is properly cooled, performance should remain steady vs time. Otherwise, the performance score will oscillate or decrease over time.
If CPU's TDP doesn't limit the frequency and the machine is properly cooled, performance should remain steady vs time. Otherwise, the performance score will oscillate or decrease over time.
Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]
Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]
Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]
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