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Core i9-9900K vs Xeon E5-1660 v3


Description
The i9-9900K is based on Coffee Lake architecture while the E5-1660 v3 is based on Haswell.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i9-9900K gets a score of 545.3 k points while the E5-1660 v3 gets 353 k points.

Summarizing, the i9-9900K is 1.5 times faster than the E5-1660 v3. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
906ec
306f2
Core
Coffee Lake-S
Haswell-EP
Architecture
Base frecuency
3.6 GHz
3 GHz
Boost frecuency
5 GHz
3.5 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
LGA 2011-3
Cores/Threads
8/16
8/16
TDP
95 W
140 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
8x32+8x32 kB
8x32+8x32 kB
Cache L2
8x256 kB
8x256 kB
Cache L3
16384 kB
20480 kB
Date
October 2018
September 2014
Mean monothread perf.
86.24k points
41.31k points
Mean multithread perf.
545.3k points
352.96k 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
i9-9900K
E5-1660 v3
Test#1 (Integers)
33.62k
20.92k (x0.62)
Test#2 (FP)
30.02k
11.87k (x0.4)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
7.17k
4.67k (x0.65)
Test#1 (Memory)
15.43k
3.85k (x0.25)
TOTAL
86.24k
41.31k (x0.48)

Multithread

i9-9900K

E5-1660 v3
Test#1 (Integers)
248.93k
174.59k (x0.7)
Test#2 (FP)
224.43k
116.47k (x0.52)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
53.39k
44.79k (x0.84)
Test#1 (Memory)
18.54k
17.1k (x0.92)
TOTAL
545.3k
352.96k (x0.65)

Performance/W
i9-9900K
E5-1660 v3
Test#1 (Integers)
2620 points/W
1247 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
2362 points/W
832 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
562 points/W
320 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
195 points/W
122 points/W
TOTAL
5740 points/W
2521 points/W

Performance/GHz
i9-9900K
E5-1660 v3
Test#1 (Integers)
6724 points/GHz
5977 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
6003 points/GHz
3391 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1434 points/GHz
1333 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
3087 points/GHz
1101 points/GHz
TOTAL
17247 points/GHz
11802 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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