The
i7-8700 is based on
Coffee Lake architecture while the
E5-2651 v2 is based on
Ivy Bridge.
Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i7-8700 gets a score of
322.4 k points while the E5-2651 v2 gets
426.2 k points.
Summarizing, the
E5-2651 v2 is
1.3 times faster than the
i7-8700. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.