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Xeon E5-2651 v2 vs E5-1660 v4


Description
The E5-2651 v2 is based on Ivy Bridge architecture while the E5-1660 v4 is based on Broadwell.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the E5-2651 v2 gets a score of 426.2 k points while the E5-1660 v4 gets 320.5 k points.

Summarizing, the E5-2651 v2 is 1.3 times faster than the E5-1660 v4. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
306e4
406f1
Core
Ivy Bridge-EP
Broadwell-EP
Architecture
Base frecuency
1.8 GHz
3.2 GHz
Boost frecuency
2.2 GHz
3.8 GHz
Socket
LGA 2011
Socket 2011-3
Cores/Threads
12/24
8/16
TDP
W
140 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
12x32+12x32 kB
8x32+8x32 kB
Cache L2
12x256 kB
8x256 kB
Cache L3
30720 kB
20480 kB
Date
October 2013
June 2016
Mean monothread perf.
17.75k points
37.6k points
Mean multithread perf.
426.18k points
320.49k 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
E5-1660 v4
Test#1 (Integers)
6.69k
12.41k (x1.86)
Test#2 (FP)
6.35k
17.23k (x2.71)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
2.54k
4.89k (x1.93)
Test#1 (Memory)
2.17k
3.07k (x1.42)
TOTAL
17.75k
37.6k (x2.12)

Multithread

E5-2651 v2

E5-1660 v4
Test#1 (Integers)
165.17k
102.11k (x0.62)
Test#2 (FP)
176.85k
156.5k (x0.88)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
73.91k
42.08k (x0.57)
Test#1 (Memory)
10.25k
19.8k (x1.93)
TOTAL
426.18k
320.49k (x0.75)

Performance/W
E5-2651 v2
E5-1660 v4
Test#1 (Integers)