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Xeon E5-2651 v2 vs Core i7-11700


Description
The E5-2651 v2 is based on Ivy Bridge architecture while the i7-11700 is based on Rocket Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the E5-2651 v2 gets a score of 426.2 k points while the i7-11700 gets 544.2 k points.

Summarizing, the i7-11700 is 1.3 times faster than the E5-2651 v2. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
306e4
a0671
Core
Ivy Bridge-EP
Rocket Lake-S
Architecture
Base frecuency
1.8 GHz
2.5 GHz
Boost frecuency
2.2 GHz
4.9 GHz
Socket
LGA 2011
LGA 1200
Cores/Threads
12/24
8/16
TDP
W
65 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
12x32+12x32 kB
8x32+8x48 kB
Cache L2
12x256 kB
8x512 kB
Cache L3
30720 kB
16384 kB
Date
October 2013
March 2021
Mean monothread perf.
17.75k points
98.87k points
Mean multithread perf.
426.18k points
728.98k 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
E5-2651 v2
i7-11700
Test#1 (Integers)
6.75k
18.05k (x2.67)
Test#2 (FP)
6.05k
26.13k (x4.32)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
2.61k
13.92k (x5.34)
Test#1 (Memory)
2.26k
21.22k (x9.38)
TOTAL
17.68k
79.32k (x4.49)

Multithread

E5-2651 v2

i7-11700
Test#1 (Integers)
168.18k
160.49k (x0.95)
Test#2 (FP)
159.6k
225.25k (x1.41)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
77.04k
113.88k (x1.48)
Test#1 (Memory)
10.19k
10.64k (x1.04)
TOTAL
415.01k
510.25k (x1.23)

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
E5-2651 v2
i7-11700
Test#1 (Integers)
6.69k
18.96k (x2.83)
Test#2 (FP)
6.35k
28.34k (x4.46)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
2.54k
13.26k (x5.22)
Test#1 (Memory)
2.17k
20.2k (x9.3)
TOTAL
17.75k
80.76k (x4.55)

Multithread

E5-2651 v2

i7-11700
Test#1 (Integers)
165.17k
164.31k (x0.99)
Test#2 (FP)
176.85k
253.96k (x1.44)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
73.91k
115.28k (x1.56)
Test#1 (Memory)
10.25k
10.65k (x1.04)
TOTAL
426.18k
544.2k (x1.28)

Performance/W
E5-2651 v2
i7-11700
Test#1 (Integers)