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Xeon Silver 4110 vs Core i7-6700K


Description
Both models 4110 and i7-6700K 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 i7-6700K gets 254.6 k points.

Summarizing, the 4110 is 1.1 times faster than the i7-6700K . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
50654
506e3
Core
Skylake-SP
Skylake-S
Architecture
Base frecuency
2.1 GHz
4 GHz
Boost frecuency
3 GHz
4.2 GHz
Socket
LGA3647
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
8/16
4/8
TDP
85 W
95 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
8x32+8x32 kB
4x32+4x32 kB
Cache L2
8x1024 kB
256 kB
Cache L3
11264 kB
8192 kB
Date
July 2017
May 2015
Mean monothread perf.
45.82k points
63.22k points
Mean multithread perf.
281.48k points
254.56k points

Non-optimized benchmark
The benchmark in Mode 0 (FPU) measures cpu performance with non-optimized software. It uses the basic µinstructions from the i386 architecture with the i387 floating point unit. This mode is compatible with all CPUs so it's practical to compare very different CPUs
Monothread
4110
i7-6700K
Test#1 (Integers)
3k
4.07k (x1.36)
Test#2 (FP)
12.29k
16.62k (x1.35)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
3.64k
5.23k (x1.44)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.55k
6.28k (x0.96)
TOTAL
25.46k
32.2k (x1.26)

Multithread

4110

i7-6700K
Test#1 (Integers)
20.42k
16.37k (x0.8)
Test#2 (FP)
95.83k
77.34k (x0.81)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
30.88k
25.65k (x0.83)
Test#1 (Memory)
9.7k
10.21k (x1.05)
TOTAL
156.83k
129.57k (x0.83)

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
i7-6700K
Test#1 (Integers)
18.78k
25.78k (x1.37)
Test#2 (FP)
16.25k
23.08k (x1.42)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
3.99k
5.32k (x1.33)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.8k
9.03k (x1.33)
TOTAL
45.82k
63.22k (x1.38)

Multithread

4110

i7-6700K
Test#1 (Integers)
133.55k
112.83k (x0.84)
Test#2 (FP)
108.43k
106.86k (x0.99)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
30.02k
25.76k (x0.86)
Test#1 (Memory)
9.48k
9.12k (x0.96)
TOTAL
281.48k
254.56k (x0.9)

Performance/W
4110
i7-6700K
Test#1 (Integers)
1571 points/W
1188 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
1276 points/W
1125 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
353 points/W
271 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
112 points/W
96 points/W
TOTAL
3311 points/W
2680 points/W

Performance/GHz
4110
i7-6700K
Test#1 (Integers)
6259 points/GHz
6139 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
5417 points/GHz
5495 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1330 points/GHz
1268 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
2267 points/GHz
2150 points/GHz
TOTAL
15273 points/GHz
15052 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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