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Xeon Silver 4110 vs Core i7-6700HQ


Description
Both models 4110 and i7-6700HQ are based on Skylake architecture.

Sky Lake is also known as 6th generation Core. Include Thunderbolt 3.0, SATA Express and Iris Pro graphics with DirectX 12. It uses LGA 1151 socket for mainstream models and LGA 2066 for X-Series. Sky Lake comes with AVX2 support in all mainstreams CPUs and AVX-512 in some high end models.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the 4110 gets a score of 281.5 k points while the i7-6700HQ gets 205.2 k points.

Summarizing, the 4110 is 1.4 times faster than the i7-6700HQ. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
50654
506e3
Core
Skylake-SP
Skylake-H
Architecture
Base frecuency
2.1 GHz
2.6 GHz
Boost frecuency
3 GHz
3.5 GHz
Socket
LGA3647
BGA1440
Cores/Threads
8/16
4/8
TDP
85 W
45 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
8x32+8x32 kB
4x32+4x32 kB
Cache L2
8x1024 kB
4x256 kB
Cache L3
11264 kB
6144 kB
Date
July 2017
Mean monothread perf.
45.82k points
50.54k points
Mean multithread perf.
281.48k points
205.24k 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
4110
i7-6700HQ
Test#1 (Integers)
18.78k
21.33k (x1.14)
Test#2 (FP)
16.25k
18.34k (x1.13)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
3.99k
4.44k (x1.11)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.8k
6.44k (x0.95)
TOTAL
45.82k
50.54k (x1.1)

Multithread

4110

i7-6700HQ
Test#1 (Integers)
133.55k
91.89k (x0.69)
Test#2 (FP)
108.43k
87.87k (x0.81)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
30.02k
20.61k (x0.69)
Test#1 (Memory)
9.48k
4.87k (x0.51)
TOTAL
281.48k
205.24k (x0.73)

Performance/W
4110
i7-6700HQ
Test#1 (Integers)
1571 points/W
2042 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
1276 points/W
1953 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
353 points/W
458 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
112 points/W
108 points/W
TOTAL
3311 points/W
4561 points/W

Performance/GHz
4110
i7-6700HQ
Test#1 (Integers)
6259 points/GHz
6094 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
5417 points/GHz
5240 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1330 points/GHz
1267 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
2267 points/GHz
1840 points/GHz
TOTAL
15273 points/GHz
14441 points/GHz

Monothread performance graph
Monothread performance graphics gives the performance vs time. They are useful to measure the time it takes to the CPU to reach the maximum performance.

Usually, CPU's performance will be steady during these tests but if it has a slow frequency strategy, the first samples will show a lower score.


Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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Multithread performance graph
Multithread graphs measure the performance against a heavy load during certain time.

If CPU's TDP doesn't limit the frequency and the machine is properly cooled, performance should remain steady vs time. Otherwise, the performance score will oscillate or decrease over time.


Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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