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Xeon E5-1620 v2 vs Core i7-3770K


Description
Both models E5-1620 v2 and i7-3770K are based on Ivy Bridge architecture.

"Ivy Bridge is the last Intel microarchitecture for which there is official driver support for Windows XP . It is made under 22 nm Tri-Gate transistor (""3D"") technology and is basically a Sandy Bridge shrink. It has PCI Express 3.0 support and RdRand instruction for security tasks."

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the E5-1620 v2 gets a score of 144.6 k points while the i7-3770K gets 133.9 k points.

Summarizing, the E5-1620 v2 is 1.1 times faster than the i7-3770K . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
306e4
306a9
Core
Ivy Bridge-EP
Ivy Bridge
Architecture
Base frecuency
3.7 GHz
3.5 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.9 GHz
3.9 GHz
Socket
LGA 2011
LGA 1155
Cores/Threads
4 /8
4/8
TDP
130 W
77 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
4x32+x4x32 kB
4x62+4x32 kB
Cache L2
4x256 kB
4x256 kB
Cache L3
10240 kB
8192 kB
Date
September 2013
April 2012
Mean monothread perf.
34.37k points
36.19k points
Mean multithread perf.
144.57k points
133.88k points

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
E5-1620 v2
i7-3770K
Test#1 (Integers)
12.55k
12.99k (x1.04)
Test#2 (FP)
12.14k
12.42k (x1.02)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.83k
5.04k (x1.04)
Test#1 (Memory)
4.85k
5.73k (x1.18)
TOTAL
34.37k
36.19k (x1.05)

Multithread

E5-1620 v2

i7-3770K
Test#1 (Integers)
51.93k
50.36k (x0.97)
Test#2 (FP)
56.7k
55.16k (x0.97)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
23.81k
23.31k (x0.98)
Test#1 (Memory)
12.14k
5.05k (x0.42)
TOTAL
144.57k
133.88k (x0.93)

Performance/W
E5-1620 v2
i7-3770K
Test#1 (Integers)
399 points/W
654 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
436 points/W
716 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
183 points/W
303 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
93 points/W
66 points/W
TOTAL
1112 points/W
1739 points/W

Performance/GHz
E5-1620 v2
i7-3770K
Test#1 (Integers)
3217 points/GHz
3331 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
3113 points/GHz
3186 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1238 points/GHz
1292 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
1244 points/GHz
1470 points/GHz
TOTAL
8812 points/GHz
9280 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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