Intel Core i5-6600 vs Intel Xeon E5-2658

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Physical Specifications

Socket Intel Socket 1151 Intel Socket 2011
Foundry Intel Intel
Process size 14 nm 32 nm
Transistors unknown 2,270 million
Die size 177 mm² 435 mm²
Package FC-LGA12C FC-LGA10
tCaseMax 72°C

Performance

Frequency 3.3 GHz 2.1 GHz
Turbo clock up to 3.9 GHz up to 2.4 GHz
Base clock 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 33.0x 21.0x
Multiplier unlocked No No
TDP 65 W 95 W
Voltage 1.35 V

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Server/Workstation
Production status unknown unknown
Release date Jul 2nd, 2015 Mar 6th, 2012
Codename Skylake Sandy Bridge-EP
Generation Core i5 Xeon E5
Part SR2BW SR0LZ
Memory support DDR4-2133 MHz Dual-channel DDR3 Quad-channel
ECC memory No Yes
PCI Express Gen 3, 16 Lanes(CPU only) Gen 3

Cores

Total Cores 4 8
Total Threads 4 16
SMP # CPUs 1 2
Integrated graphics UHD Graphics 530

Cache

Cache L1 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
Cache L2 256K (per core) 256K (per core)
Cache L3 6MB (shared) 20MB (shared)

Features & Technologies

8.0GT/s QPI Yes
AES-NI Yes Yes
AVX Yes Yes
AVX2 Yes
BMI1 Yes
BMI2 Yes
Boost 2.0 Yes
CLMUL Yes
EIST Yes Yes
F16C Yes
FMA3 Yes
HTT Yes
Intel 64 Yes Yes
MMX Yes Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSE4.2 Yes Yes
SSSE3 Yes Yes
TSX Yes
TXT Yes Yes
VT-d Yes Yes
VT-x Yes Yes
XD bit Yes Yes
vPro Yes

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