Xeon E3-1230 v5 vs Core i5-6400
Description
Both models E3-1230 v5 and i5-6400 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 E3-1230 v5 gets a score of 37.9 k points while the i5-6400 gets 129.5 k points.
Summarizing, the i5-6400 is 3.4 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 E3-1230 v5 gets a score of 37.9 k points while the i5-6400 gets 129.5 k points.
Summarizing, the i5-6400 is 3.4 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
3.4 GHz
2.7 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.8 GHz
3.3 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
4/8
4/4
TDP
80 W
65 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
4x32+4x32 kB
4x32+4x32 kB
Cache L2
4x256 kB
4x256 kB
Cache L3
8192 kB
6144 kB
Date
October 2015
September 2015
Mean monothread perf.
9.52k points
48.05k points
Mean multithread perf.
37.88k points
174.05k 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
E3-1230 v5
i5-6400
Test#1 (Integers)
0.7k
3.2k (x4.6)
Test#2 (FP)
2.8k
12.81k (x4.57)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
0.85k
4.18k (x4.93)
Test#1 (Memory)
1.88k
4.3k (x2.29)
TOTAL
6.23k
24.49k (x3.93)
Multithread
E3-1230 v5
i5-6400
Test#1 (Integers)
2.74k
11.45k (x4.19)
Test#2 (FP)
12.87k
46.67k (x3.63)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
3.89k
14.69k (x3.78)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.03k
5.92k (x0.98)
TOTAL
25.52k
78.73k (x3.08)
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
E3-1230 v5
i5-6400
Test#1 (Integers)
2.59k
11.56k (x4.47)
Test#2 (FP)
3.94k
16.53k (x4.2)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1k
4.3k (x4.3)
Test#1 (Memory)
2k
3.97k (x1.99)
TOTAL
9.52k
36.36k (x3.82)
Multithread
E3-1230 v5
i5-6400
Test#1 (Integers)
10.4k
43.01k (x4.13)
Test#2 (FP)
16.64k
64.46k (x3.87)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.51k
16.14k (x3.58)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.33k
5.91k (x0.93)
TOTAL
37.88k
129.51k (x3.42)
Performance/W
E3-1230 v5
i5-6400
Test#1 (Integers)
130 points/W
662 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
208 points/W
992 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
56 points/W
248 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
79 points/W
91 points/W
TOTAL
474 points/W
1992 points/W
Performance/GHz
E3-1230 v5
i5-6400
Test#1 (Integers)
681 points/GHz
3503 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
1037 points/GHz
5009 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
263 points/GHz
1302 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
525 points/GHz
1203 points/GHz
TOTAL
2506 points/GHz
11018 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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