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Core i5-9600K vs Xeon E5-2651 v2


Description
The i5-9600K is based on Coffee Lake architecture while the E5-2651 v2 is based on Ivy Bridge.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i5-9600K gets a score of 283.3 k points while the E5-2651 v2 gets 426.2 k points.

Summarizing, the E5-2651 v2 is 1.5 times faster than the i5-9600K. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
906ed
306e4
Core
Coffee Lake-S
Ivy Bridge-EP
Architecture
Base frecuency
3.7 GHz
1.8 GHz
Boost frecuency
4.6 GHz
2.2 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
LGA 2011
Cores/Threads
6/6
12/24
TDP
95 W
W
Cache L1 (d+i)
6x32+6x32 kB
12x32+12x32 kB
Cache L2
6x256 kB
12x256 kB
Cache L3
9216 kB
30720 kB
Date
October 2018
October 2013
Mean monothread perf.
77.75k points
17.75k points
Mean multithread perf.
372.74k 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
i5-9600K
E5-2651 v2
Test#1 (Integers)
16.91k
6.75k (x0.4)
Test#2 (FP)
24.42k
6.05k (x0.25)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.37k
2.61k (x0.41)
Test#1 (Memory)
13.55k
2.26k (x0.17)
TOTAL
61.25k
17.68k (x0.29)

Multithread

i5-9600K

E5-2651 v2
Test#1 (Integers)
95.21k
168.18k (x1.77)
Test#2 (FP)
137.3k
159.6k (x1.16)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
36.05k
77.04k (x2.14)
Test#1 (Memory)
8.4k
10.19k (x1.21)
TOTAL
276.96k
415.01k (x1.5)

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
i5-9600K
E5-2651 v2
Test#1 (Integers)
16.75k
6.69k (x0.4)
Test#2 (FP)
25.5k
6.35k (x0.25)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.17k
2.54k (x0.41)
Test#1 (Memory)
13.06k
2.17k (x0.17)
TOTAL
61.48k
17.75k (x0.29)

Multithread

i5-9600K

E5-2651 v2
Test#1 (Integers)
96.03k
165.17k (x1.72)
Test#2 (FP)
143.78k
176.85k (x1.23)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
35.06k
73.91k (x2.11)
Test#1 (Memory)
8.45k
10.25k (x1.21)
TOTAL
283.33k
426.18k (x1.5)

Performance/W
i5-9600K
E5-2651 v2
Test#1 (Integers)
1011 points/W