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Xeon E5-2667 v3 vs Engineering Sample 506E8 3GHz


Description
The E5-2667 v3 is based on Haswell architecture while the 506E8 3GHz is based on Kaby Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the E5-2667 v3 gets a score of 343.6 k points while the 506E8 3GHz gets 210.9 k points.

Summarizing, the E5-2667 v3 is 1.6 times faster than the 506E8 3GHz. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
306f2
506e8
Core
Haswell-EP
Kaby Lake
Architecture
Base frecuency
3.2 GHz
3 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.6 GHz
3.5 GHz
Socket
LGA 2011-3
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
8/16
4/8
TDP
135 W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
8x32+8x32 kB
4x32+4x32 kB
Cache L2
8x256 kB
4x256 kB
Cache L3
20480 kB
8192 kB
Date
September 2014
June 2016
Mean monothread perf.
41.36k points
58.05k points
Mean multithread perf.
343.64k points
210.91k points

AVX2 optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode III (AVX2), like AVX1, is optimized to used 256 bits registers beside the second version of the Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX). The first AVX2 compatible CPU was released in 2013.
Monothread
E5-2667 v3
506E8 3GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
20.99k
22.46k (x1.07)
Test#2 (FP)
11.9k
20.45k (x1.72)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.72k
4.75k (x1.01)
Test#1 (Memory)
3.75k
10.39k (x2.77)
TOTAL
41.36k
58.05k (x1.4)

Multithread

E5-2667 v3

506E8 3GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
172.62k
92.69k (x0.54)
Test#2 (FP)
110.03k
90.45k (x0.82)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
44.06k
22.02k (x0.5)
Test#1 (Memory)
16.93k
5.75k (x0.34)
TOTAL
343.64k
210.91k (x0.61)

Performance/W
E5-2667 v3
506E8 3GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
1279 points/W