Intel Core i7-6900K vs Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2

What is the difference between Intel Core i7-6900K and Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

985Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score657
7691Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score6974
13961PassMark CPU Mark Rating14185
2374PassMark Single Thread Rating1771
88483DMark Time Spy Physics Score

Processor Specs

Intel Core i7-6900KProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2697 v2
3200 MHzFrequency2700 MHz
3700 MHzMaximum Frequency3500 MHz
8Cores12
16Threads24
140 WTDP130 W
Broadwell-ECodenameIvy Bridge
FCLGA2011-3PackageFCLGA2011

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

976Single-Core Score655
7918Multi-Core Score6324
Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Linux x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for macOS x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTSOperating SystemmacOS 11.5.1 (Build 20G80)
N/AModelMac Pro (Late 2013)
Model IDMacPro6,1
N/AMotherboardApple Inc. Mac-F60DEB81FF30ACF6 MacPro6,1

CPU Specifications

Intel Core i7-6900KNameIntel Xeon E5-2697 v2
1 Processor, 8 Cores, 16 ThreadsTopology1 Processor, 12 Cores, 24 Threads
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 79 Stepping 1IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 62 Stepping 4
3.26 GHzBase Frequency2.70 GHz
32.0 KB x 8L1 Instruction Cache32.0 KB x 12
32.0 KB x 8L1 Data Cache32.0 KB x 12
256 KB x 8L2 Cache256 KB x 12
20.0 MB x 1L3 Cache30.0 MB x 1

Memory Information

50.13 GBSize12.00 GB
Transfer Rate1866 MT/s
TypeDDR3

Geekbench 5 result (single)

976Single-Core Score655
1080Crypto Score754
943Integer Score605
1029Floating Point Score 746
1080
1.84 GB/sec
AES-XTS754
1.29 GB/sec
972
4.92 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)756
3.82 MB/sec
1092
51.7 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression668
31.6 Mpixels/sec
913
2.57 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)649
1.83 MTE/sec
1060
1.24 MElements/sec
HTML5459
539.4 KElements/sec
888
278.1 Krows/sec
SQLite569
178.4 Krows/sec
982
53.3 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering612
33.2 Mpixels/sec
771
245.8 KB/sec
Text Rendering590
188.0 KB/sec
904
7.04 Klines/sec
Clang543
4.23 Klines/sec
941
10.9 images/sec
Camera643
7.45 images/sec
728
911.1 Kpairs/sec
N-Body Physics626
783.7 Kpairs/sec
1141
7071.1 FPS
Rigid Body Physics851
5274.7 FPS
723
39.8 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur579
31.8 Mpixels/sec
959
7.38 images/sec
Face Detection679
5.23 images/sec
1029
25.4 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection697
17.2 Mpixels/sec
1673
82.1 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting1275
62.5 Mpixels/sec
2117
28.9 Mpixels/sec
HDR1213
16.5 Mpixels/sec
1014
814.3 Kpixels/sec
Ray Tracing827
663.7 Kpixels/sec
976
8.74 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion535
4.79 Kpixels/sec
887
28.3 Words/sec
Speech Recognition781
25.0 Words/sec
744
28.8 images/sec
Machine Learning511
19.7 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

7918Multi-Core Score6324
8070Crypto Score4924
7762Integer Score5968
8230Floating Point Score 7329
8070
13.8 GB/sec
AES-XTS4924
8.39 GB/sec
8731
44.2 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)9610
48.6 MB/sec
10290
486.8 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression8607
407.2 Mpixels/sec
5641
15.9 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)3281
9.25 MTE/sec
7252
8.52 MElements/sec
HTML55705
6.70 MElements/sec
8403
2.63 Mrows/sec
SQLite6852
2.15 Mrows/sec
8895
482.7 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering4908
266.3 Mpixels/sec
5944
1.85 MB/sec
Text Rendering4762
1.48 MB/sec
8766
68.3 Klines/sec
Clang6424
50.1 Klines/sec
7143
82.8 images/sec
Camera6027
69.9 images/sec
5511
6.90 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics6321
7.91 Mpairs/sec
11424
70774.8 FPS
Rigid Body Physics12209
75640.4 FPS
6458
355.0 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur7451
409.6 Mpixels/sec
9121
70.2 images/sec
Face Detection8930
68.8 images/sec
9425
232.3 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection6952
171.4 Mpixels/sec
11437
561.1 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting10221
501.4 Mpixels/sec
17677
240.9 Mpixels/sec
HDR13833
188.5 Mpixels/sec
10689
8.58 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing10941
8.79 Mpixels/sec
7990
71.6 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion5656
50.7 Kpixels/sec
5145
164.5 Words/sec
Speech Recognition4676
149.5 Words/sec
3777
145.9 images/sec
Machine Learning2244
86.7 images/sec