Intel Core i7-6850K vs Intel Xeon X5670

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Physical Specifications

Socket Intel Socket 2011-3 Intel Socket 1366
Foundry Intel Intel
Process size 14 nm 32 nm
Transistors unknown 1,170 million
Die size unknown 239 mm²
Package FC-LGA10
tCaseMax 72°C

Performance

Frequency 3.6 GHz 2.933 GHz
Turbo clock up to 3.8 GHz up to 3.333 GHz
Base clock 100 MHz 133 MHz
Multiplier 36.0x 22.0x
Multiplier unlocked No No
TDP 140 W 95 W
Voltage 1.35 V

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Server/Workstation
Production status Active End-of-life
Release date May 31st, 2016 Mar 16th, 2010
Codename Broadwell-E Westmere-EP
Generation Core i7 Xeon
Part SR2PC SLBV7
Memory support DDR4 DDR3 Triple-channel
ECC memory No Yes
PCI Express Gen 2 Gen 2

Cores

Total Cores 6 6
Total Threads 12 12
SMP # CPUs 1 2
Integrated graphics

Cache

Cache L1 32K (per core) 64K (per core)
Cache L2 256K (per core) 256K (per core)
Cache L3 15MB (shared) 12MB (shared)

Features & Technologies

6.4GT/s QPI Yes
AES-NI Yes Yes
AVX Yes
AVX2 Yes
BMI1 Yes
BMI2 Yes
Boost 2.0 Yes
CLMUL 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 Yes
VT-d Yes
VT-x Yes Yes
XD bit Yes
XD-Bit Yes

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