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Xeon E5-2651 v2 vs Core i7-7700


Description
The E5-2651 v2 is based on Ivy Bridge architecture while the i7-7700 is based on Kaby Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the E5-2651 v2 gets a score of 426.2 k points while the i7-7700 gets 200.1 k points.

Summarizing, the E5-2651 v2 is 2.1 times faster than the i7-7700 . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
306e4
906e9
Core
Ivy Bridge-EP
Kaby Lake-S
Architecture
Base frecuency
1.8 GHz
3.6 GHz
Boost frecuency
2.2 GHz
4.2 GHz
Socket
LGA 2011
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
12/24
4/8
TDP
W
65 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
12x32+12x32 kB
32+32 kB
Cache L2
12x256 kB
256 kB
Cache L3
30720 kB
8192 kB
Date
October 2013
September 2016
Mean monothread perf.
17.75k points
67.33k points
Mean multithread perf.
426.18k points
257.52k 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
i7-7700
Test#1 (Integers)
6.75k
15.33k (x2.27)
Test#2 (FP)
6.05k
21.94k (x3.62)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
2.61k
5.85k (x2.24)
Test#1 (Memory)
2.26k
12.52k (x5.54)
TOTAL
17.68k
55.64k (x3.15)

Multithread

E5-2651 v2

i7-7700
Test#1 (Integers)
168.18k
61.73k (x0.37)
Test#2 (FP)
159.6k
99.91k (x0.63)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
77.04k
27.03k (x0.35)
Test#1 (Memory)
10.19k
9.28k (x0.91)
TOTAL
415.01k
197.96k (x0.48)

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
i7-7700
Test#1 (Integers)
6.69k
15.34k (x2.29)
Test#2 (FP)
6.35k
23.41k (x3.69)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
2.54k
5.87k (x2.31)
Test#1 (Memory)
2.17k
11.07k (x5.1)
TOTAL
17.75k
55.69k (x3.14)

Multithread

E5-2651 v2

i7-7700
Test#1 (Integers)
165.17k
62.68k (x0.38)
Test#2 (FP)
176.85k
105.24k (x0.6)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
73.91k
26.35k (x0.36)
Test#1 (Memory)
10.25k
5.79k (x0.57)
TOTAL
426.18k
200.07k (x0.47)

Performance/W
E5-2651 v2
i7-7700
Test#1 (Integers)