Intel Core i5-6600K vs Intel Xeon E3-1240 v3

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Physical Specifications

Socket Intel Socket 1151 Intel Socket 1150
Foundry Intel Intel
Process size 14 nm 22 nm
Transistors unknown 1,400 million
Die size unknown 160 mm²
Package FC-LGA12C FC-LGA12C
tCaseMax 72°C

Performance

Frequency 3.5 GHz 3.4 GHz
Turbo clock up to 3.9 GHz up to 3.8 GHz
Base clock 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 35.0x 34.0x
Multiplier unlocked Yes No
TDP 95 W 80 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Server/Workstation
Production status unknown unknown
Release date Jul 2nd, 2015 Jun 2nd, 2013
Codename Skylake Haswell-WS
Generation Core i5 Xeon E3
Part SR2BV SR152
Memory support DDR4-2133 MHz Dual-channel DDR3, DDR4 Dual-channel
ECC memory No Yes
PCI Express Gen 3, 16 Lanes(CPU only) Gen 3

Cores

Total Cores 4 4
Total Threads 4 8
SMP # CPUs 1 1
Integrated graphics

Cache

Cache L1 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
Cache L2 256K (per core) 256K (per core)
Cache L3 6MB (shared) 8MB (shared)

Notes

Notes This processor comes with an unlocked BCLK multiplier, allowing users to set the multiplier value higher than shipped value, to facilitate better overclocking.

Features & Technologies

AES-NI Yes Yes
AVX Yes Yes
AVX2 Yes Yes
BMI1 Yes Yes
BMI2 Yes Yes
Boost 2.0 Yes
CLMUL Yes
ECC Yes
EIST Yes Yes
F16C Yes Yes
FMA3 Yes 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
TXT Yes
VT-d Yes
VT-x Yes Yes
XD bit Yes Yes
vPro Yes
x8 SDDC Yes

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