Intel Core i7-6700 vs Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5

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Physical Specifications

Socket Intel Socket 1151 Intel Socket 1151
Foundry Intel Intel
Process size 14 nm 14 nm
Transistors unknown 1,400 million
Die size unknown 160 mm²
Package FC-LGA14C
tCaseMax 72°C

Performance

Frequency 3.4 GHz 3.7 GHz
Turbo clock up to 4 GHz up to 4 GHz
Base clock 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 34.0x 37.0x
Multiplier unlocked No No
TDP 65 W 80 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Server/Workstation
Production status Active unknown
Release date Jul 1st, 2015 Oct 19th, 2015
Codename Skylake Skylake-S
Generation Core i7 Xeon E3
Part SR2BT SR2CLSR2LC
Memory support DDR4-2133 MHz 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 HD Graphics 530

Cache

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

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 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 Yes
x8 SDDC Yes

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