Intel Core i7-6950X vs Intel Xeon E5-2650

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Physical Specifications

Socket Intel Socket 2011-3 Intel Socket 2011
Foundry Intel Intel
Process size 14 nm 32 nm
Transistors 3,800 million 2,270 million
Die size unknown 435 mm²
Package FC-LGA10
tCaseMax 72°C

Performance

Frequency 3 GHz 2000 MHz
Turbo clock up to 3.5 GHz up to 2.8 GHz
Base clock 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 30.0x 20.0x
Multiplier unlocked No No
TDP 140 W 95 W
Voltage 1.35 V

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Server/Workstation
Production status Active unknown
Release date May 31st, 2016 Mar 6th, 2012
Codename Broadwell-E Sandy Bridge-EP
Generation Core i7 Xeon E5
Part SR2PA SR0H4SR0KQ
Memory support DDR4 DDR3 Quad-channel
ECC memory No Yes
PCI Express Gen 2 Gen 3

Cores

Total Cores 10 8
Total Threads 20 16
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 25MB (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 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 Yes
VT-x Yes Yes
XD bit Yes Yes

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