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Core i5-8400 vs E5-2620 v3


Description
The i5-8400 is based on Coffee Lake architecture while the E5-2620 v3 is based on Haswell.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i5-8400 gets a score of 289.6 k points while the E5-2620 v3 gets 358 k points.

Summarizing, the E5-2620 v3 is 1.2 times faster than the i5-8400. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
906ea
306f2
Core
Coffee Lake-S
Haswell-EP
Architecture
Base frecuency
2.8 GHz
2.4 GHz
Boost frecuency
4 GHz
3.2 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
LGA 2011-3
Cores/Threads
6/6
6/12
TDP
65 W
85 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
6x32+6x32 kB
6x32+6x32 kB
Cache L2
6x256 kB
6x256 kB
Cache L3
9216 kB
15360 kB
Date
September 2017
September 2014
Mean monothread perf.
64.98k points
35.86k points
Mean multithread perf.
289.61k points
357.99k points

AVX2 optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode III (AVX2), like AVX1, is optimized to used 256 bits registers beside the second version of the Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX). The first AVX2 compatible CPU was released in 2013.
Monothread
i5-8400
E5-2620 v3
Test#1 (Integers)
26.5k
18.64k (x0.7)
Test#2 (FP)
23.11k
10.55k (x0.46)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.2k
4.12k (x0.79)
Test#1 (Memory)
10.16k
2.54k (x0.25)
TOTAL
64.98k
35.86k (x0.55)

Multithread

i5-8400

E5-2620 v3
Test#1 (Integers)
135.08k
181.66k (x1.34)
Test#2 (FP)
121.49k
122.09k (x1)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
27.53k
47.02k (x1.71)
Test#1 (Memory)
5.5k
7.22k (x1.31)
TOTAL
289.61k
357.99k (x1.24)

Performance/W
i5-8400
E5-2620 v3
Test#1 (Integers)
2078 points/W
2137 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
1869 points/W
1436 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
424 points/W
553 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
85 points/W
85 points/W
TOTAL
4455 points/W
4212 points/W

Performance/GHz
i5-8400
E5-2620 v3
Test#1 (Integers)
6626 points/GHz
5826 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
5778 points/GHz
3297 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1300 points/GHz
1288 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
2541 points/GHz
794 points/GHz
TOTAL
16245 points/GHz
11205 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.


Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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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.


Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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