Intel Core i7-6900K vs Intel Xeon E5-2696 v2

What is the difference between Intel Core i7-6900K and Intel Xeon E5-2696 v2. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Intel Core i7-6900K
Intel Core i7-6900K
Intel Xeon E5-2696 v2
Intel Xeon E5-2696 v2

Performance (Benchmarks)

985Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score654
7691Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score7298
13961PassMark CPU Mark Rating14229
2374PassMark Single Thread Rating1663
88483DMark Time Spy Physics Score

Processor Specs

Intel Core i7-6900KProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2696 v2
3200 MHzFrequency2500 MHz
3700 MHzMaximum Frequency3300 MHz
8Cores12
16Threads24
140 WTDP
Broadwell-ECodenameIvy Bridge EP
FCLGA2011-3PackageFCLGA2011

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

976Single-Core Score643
7918Multi-Core Score1277
Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Linux x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.2.3 Tryout for Linux x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTSOperating SystemUbuntu 18.04.5 LTS 4.15.0-123-generic x86_64
N/AModelRed Hat KVM
N/AMotherboardN/A

CPU Specifications

Intel Core i7-6900KNameIntel Xeon E5-2696 v2
1 Processor, 8 Cores, 16 ThreadsTopology1 Processor, 2 Cores
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 79 Stepping 1IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 62 Stepping 4
3.26 GHzBase Frequency2.50 GHz
32.0 KB x 8L1 Instruction Cache32.0 KB x 2
32.0 KB x 8L1 Data Cache32.0 KB x 2
256 KB x 8L2 Cache4.00 MB x 2
20.0 MB x 1L3 Cache16.0 MB x 1

Memory Information

50.13 GBSize1.95 GB

Geekbench 5 result (single)

976Single-Core Score643
1080Crypto Score715
943Integer Score607
1029Floating Point Score 710
1080
1.84 GB/sec		AES-XTS715
1.22 GB/sec
972
4.92 MB/sec		Text Compression (LZMA)695
3.52 MB/sec
1092
51.7 Mpixels/sec		Image Compression663
31.3 Mpixels/sec
913
2.57 MTE/sec		Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)615
1.74 MTE/sec
1060
1.24 MElements/sec		HTML5568
666.8 KElements/sec
888
278.1 Krows/sec		SQLite606
189.8 Krows/sec
982
53.3 Mpixels/sec		PDF Rendering611
33.1 Mpixels/sec
771
245.8 KB/sec		Text Rendering517
164.8 KB/sec
904
7.04 Klines/sec		Clang592
4.61 Klines/sec
941
10.9 images/sec		Camera611
7.08 images/sec
728
911.1 Kpairs/sec		N-Body Physics618
773.1 Kpairs/sec
1141
7071.1 FPS		Rigid Body Physics774
4792.9 FPS
723
39.8 Mpixels/sec		Gaussian Blur571
31.4 Mpixels/sec
959
7.38 images/sec		Face Detection658
5.07 images/sec
1029
25.4 Mpixels/sec		Horizon Detection642
15.8 Mpixels/sec
1673
82.1 Mpixels/sec		Image Inpainting1233
60.5 Mpixels/sec
2117
28.9 Mpixels/sec		HDR1183
16.1 Mpixels/sec
1014
814.3 Kpixels/sec		Ray Tracing860
690.8 Kpixels/sec
976
8.74 Kpixels/sec		Structure from Motion485
4.35 Kpixels/sec
887
28.3 Words/sec		Speech Recognition750
24.0 Words/sec
744
28.8 images/sec		Machine Learning439
17.0 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

7918Multi-Core Score1277
8070Crypto Score1470
7762Integer Score1200
8230Floating Point Score 1410
8070
13.8 GB/sec		AES-XTS1470
2.51 GB/sec
8731
44.2 MB/sec		Text Compression (LZMA)1335
6.75 MB/sec
10290
486.8 Mpixels/sec		Image Compression1276
60.4 Mpixels/sec
5641
15.9 MTE/sec		Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)1159
3.27 MTE/sec
7252
8.52 MElements/sec		HTML51231
1.45 MElements/sec
8403
2.63 Mrows/sec		SQLite1214
380.2 Krows/sec
8895
482.7 Mpixels/sec		PDF Rendering1236
67.1 Mpixels/sec
5944
1.85 MB/sec		Text Rendering1064
338.9 KB/sec
8766
68.3 Klines/sec		Clang1155
9.00 Klines/sec
7143
82.8 images/sec		Camera1149
13.3 images/sec
5511
6.90 Mpairs/sec		N-Body Physics1156
1.45 Mpairs/sec
11424
70774.8 FPS		Rigid Body Physics1474
9129.1 FPS
6458
355.0 Mpixels/sec		Gaussian Blur1192
65.5 Mpixels/sec
9121
70.2 images/sec		Face Detection1264
9.73 images/sec
9425
232.3 Mpixels/sec		Horizon Detection1323
32.6 Mpixels/sec
11437
561.1 Mpixels/sec		Image Inpainting2488
122.0 Mpixels/sec
17677
240.9 Mpixels/sec		HDR2395
32.6 Mpixels/sec
10689
8.58 Mpixels/sec		Ray Tracing1817
1.46 Mpixels/sec
7990
71.6 Kpixels/sec		Structure from Motion972
8.70 Kpixels/sec
5145
164.5 Words/sec		Speech Recognition1398
44.7 Words/sec
3777
145.9 images/sec		Machine Learning876
33.9 images/sec