Intel Core i7-6900K vs Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3

What is the difference between Intel Core i7-6900K and Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Intel Core i7-6900K
Intel Core i7-6900K
Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3
Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3

Performance (Benchmarks)

985Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score745
7691Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score6880
13961PassMark CPU Mark Rating12956
2374PassMark Single Thread Rating1760
88483DMark Time Spy Physics Score

Processor Specs

Intel Core i7-6900KProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2660 v3
3200 MHzFrequency2600 MHz
3700 MHzMaximum Frequency3300 MHz
8Cores10
16Threads20
140 WTDP105 W
Broadwell-ECodenameHaswell
FCLGA2011-3PackageFCLGA2011-3

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

976Single-Core Score748
7918Multi-Core Score8008
Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Linux x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Linux x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTSOperating SystemUbuntu 21.04
N/AModelSupermicro X10DAi
N/AMotherboardSupermicro X10DAI

CPU Specifications

Intel Core i7-6900KNameIntel Xeon E5-2660 v3
1 Processor, 8 Cores, 16 ThreadsTopology2 Processors, 20 Cores, 40 Threads
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 79 Stepping 1IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 63 Stepping 2
3.26 GHzBase Frequency3.30 GHz
32.0 KB x 8L1 Instruction Cache32.0 KB x 10
32.0 KB x 8L1 Data Cache32.0 KB x 10
256 KB x 8L2 Cache256 KB x 10
20.0 MB x 1L3 Cache25.0 MB x 1

Memory Information

50.13 GBSize62.77 GB

Geekbench 5 result (single)

976Single-Core Score748
1080Crypto Score78
943Integer Score769
1029Floating Point Score 814
1080
1.84 GB/sec		AES-XTS78
135.3 MB/sec
972
4.92 MB/sec		Text Compression (LZMA)806
4.08 MB/sec
1092
51.7 Mpixels/sec		Image Compression811
38.4 Mpixels/sec
913
2.57 MTE/sec		Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)832
2.35 MTE/sec
1060
1.24 MElements/sec		HTML5803
942.5 KElements/sec
888
278.1 Krows/sec		SQLite789
247.2 Krows/sec
982
53.3 Mpixels/sec		PDF Rendering716
38.9 Mpixels/sec
771
245.8 KB/sec		Text Rendering617
196.7 KB/sec
904
7.04 Klines/sec		Clang817
6.36 Klines/sec
941
10.9 images/sec		Camera753
8.73 images/sec
728
911.1 Kpairs/sec		N-Body Physics715
894.9 Kpairs/sec
1141
7071.1 FPS		Rigid Body Physics860
5326.5 FPS
723
39.8 Mpixels/sec		Gaussian Blur694
38.2 Mpixels/sec
959
7.38 images/sec		Face Detection815
6.28 images/sec
1029
25.4 Mpixels/sec		Horizon Detection820
20.2 Mpixels/sec
1673
82.1 Mpixels/sec		Image Inpainting1571
77.1 Mpixels/sec
2117
28.9 Mpixels/sec		HDR1646
22.4 Mpixels/sec
1014
814.3 Kpixels/sec		Ray Tracing1082
868.6 Kpixels/sec
976
8.74 Kpixels/sec		Structure from Motion741
6.64 Kpixels/sec
887
28.3 Words/sec		Speech Recognition497
15.9 Words/sec
744
28.8 images/sec		Machine Learning356
13.8 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

7918Multi-Core Score8008
8070Crypto Score542
7762Integer Score8313
8230Floating Point Score 8590
8070
13.8 GB/sec		AES-XTS542
946.5 MB/sec
8731
44.2 MB/sec		Text Compression (LZMA)11508
58.2 MB/sec
10290
486.8 Mpixels/sec		Image Compression8497
402.0 Mpixels/sec
5641
15.9 MTE/sec		Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)7858
22.2 MTE/sec
7252
8.52 MElements/sec		HTML510324
12.1 MElements/sec
8403
2.63 Mrows/sec		SQLite6700
2.10 Mrows/sec
8895
482.7 Mpixels/sec		PDF Rendering9380
509.0 Mpixels/sec
5944
1.85 MB/sec		Text Rendering4769
1.48 MB/sec
8766
68.3 Klines/sec		Clang10207
79.5 Klines/sec
7143
82.8 images/sec		Camera7813
90.6 images/sec
5511
6.90 Mpairs/sec		N-Body Physics3890
4.87 Mpairs/sec
11424
70774.8 FPS		Rigid Body Physics17001
105330.5 FPS
6458
355.0 Mpixels/sec		Gaussian Blur9335
513.2 Mpixels/sec
9121
70.2 images/sec		Face Detection6540
50.3 images/sec
9425
232.3 Mpixels/sec		Horizon Detection9196
226.7 Mpixels/sec
11437
561.1 Mpixels/sec		Image Inpainting11506
564.4 Mpixels/sec
17677
240.9 Mpixels/sec		HDR19166
261.2 Mpixels/sec
10689
8.58 Mpixels/sec		Ray Tracing11286
9.06 Mpixels/sec
7990
71.6 Kpixels/sec		Structure from Motion8474
75.9 Kpixels/sec
5145
164.5 Words/sec		Speech Recognition4244
135.7 Words/sec
3777
145.9 images/sec		Machine Learning5657
218.6 images/sec