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Xeon E5-2651 v2 vs Core i7-6700K


Description
The E5-2651 v2 is based on Ivy Bridge architecture while the i7-6700K is based on Skylake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the E5-2651 v2 gets a score of 415 k points while the i7-6700K gets 197.1 k points.

Summarizing, the E5-2651 v2 is 2.1 times faster than the i7-6700K . 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
4 GHz
Boost frecuency
2.2 GHz
4.2 GHz
Socket
LGA 2011
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
12/24
4/8
TDP
W
95 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
12x32+12x32 kB
4x32+4x32 kB
Cache L2
12x256 kB
256 kB
Cache L3
30720 kB
8192 kB
Date
October 2013
May 2015
Mean monothread perf.
17.75k points
63.22k points
Mean multithread perf.
426.18k points
254.56k 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
i7-6700K
Test#1 (Integers)
6.75k
14.73k (x2.18)
Test#2 (FP)
6.05k
21.27k (x3.51)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
2.61k
5.52k (x2.12)
Test#1 (Memory)
2.26k
6.32k (x2.79)
TOTAL
17.68k
47.84k (x2.71)

Multithread

E5-2651 v2

i7-6700K
Test#1 (Integers)
168.18k
61.09k (x0.36)
Test#2 (FP)
159.6k
99.17k (x0.62)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
77.04k
26.57k (x0.34)
Test#1 (Memory)
10.19k
10.26k (x1.01)
TOTAL
415.01k
197.09k (x0.47)

Performance/W
E5-2651 v2
i7-6700K
Test#1 (Integers)