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Xeon E5-2651 v2 vs Core i5-6600K


Description
The E5-2651 v2 is based on Ivy Bridge architecture while the i5-6600K is based on Skylake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the E5-2651 v2 gets a score of 426.2 k points while the i5-6600K gets 209.3 k points.

Summarizing, the E5-2651 v2 is 2 times faster than the i5-6600K . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
306e4
506e3
Core
Ivy Bridge-EP
Skylake-S
Architecture
Base frecuency
1.8 GHz
3.5 GHz
Boost frecuency
2.2 GHz
3.9 GHz
Socket
LGA 2011
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
12/24
4/4
TDP
W
95 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
12x32+12x32 kB
4x32+4x32 kB
Cache L2
12x256 kB
256 kB
Cache L3
30720 kB
6144 kB
Date
October 2013
May 2015
Mean monothread perf.
17.75k points
59.28k points
Mean multithread perf.
426.18k points
209.28k 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
E5-2651 v2
i5-6600K
Test#1 (Integers)
6.69k
17.24k (x2.58)
Test#2 (FP)
6.35k
26.5k (x4.17)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
2.54k
6.45k (x2.54)
Test#1 (Memory)
2.17k
9.09k (x4.19)
TOTAL
17.75k
59.28k (x3.34)

Multithread

E5-2651 v2

i5-6600K
Test#1 (Integers)
165.17k
68.47k (x0.41)
Test#2 (FP)
176.85k
105.05k (x0.59)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
73.91k
25.24k (x0.34)
Test#1 (Memory)
10.25k
10.5k (x1.02)
TOTAL
426.18k
209.28k (x0.49)

Performance/W
E5-2651 v2
i5-6600K
Test#1 (Integers)