Intel Core i7-2600K vs Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5

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Physical Specifications

Socket Intel Socket 1155 Intel Socket 1151
Foundry Intel Intel
Process size 32 nm 14 nm
Transistors 1,160 million 1,400 million
Die size 216 mm² 160 mm²
Package FC-LGA10 FC-LGA14C

Performance

Frequency 3.4 GHz 3.7 GHz
Turbo clock up to 3.8 GHz up to 4 GHz
Base clock 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 34.0x 37.0x
Multiplier unlocked Yes No
TDP 95 W 80 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Server/Workstation
Production status End-of-life unknown
Release date Jan 9th, 2011 Oct 19th, 2015
Codename Sandy Bridge Skylake-S
Generation Core i7 Xeon E3
Part SR00C SR2CLSR2LC
Memory support DDR3 Dual-channel DDR4 Dual-channel
ECC memory No Yes
PCI Express Gen 3, 16 Lanes(CPU only) Gen 3, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Cores

Total Cores 4 4
Total Threads 8 8
SMP # CPUs 1 1
Integrated graphics Intel HD 3000

Cache

Cache L1 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
Cache L2 256K (per core) 256K (per core)
Cache L3 8MB (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
BMI1 Yes
BMI2 Yes
ECC Yes
EIST Yes Yes
F16C Yes
FMA3 Yes
HTT Yes 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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