Intel Core i9-7960X vs Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4

What is the difference between Intel Core i9-7960X and Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

1115Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score815
14355Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score12583
26629PassMark CPU Mark Rating24493
2541PassMark Single Thread Rating1950

Processor Specs

Intel Core i9-7960XProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2699 v4
2800 MHzFrequency2200 MHz
4200 MHzMaximum Frequency3600 MHz
16Cores22
32Threads44
165 WTDP145 W
SkylakeCodenameBroadwell
Socket 2066 LGAPackageFCLGA2011-3

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

1122Single-Core Score817
13591Multi-Core Score2682
Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for macOS x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Linux x86 (64-bit)

System Information

macOS 11.5 (Build 20G71)Operating SystemUbuntu 20.04.2 LTS
MacPro7,1ModelVMware, Inc. VMware Virtual Platform
MacPro7,1Model ID
Acidanthera Mac-27AD2F918AE68F61 MacPro7,1MotherboardIntel Corporation 440BX Desktop Reference Platform

CPU Specifications

Intel Core i9-7960XNameIntel Xeon E5-2699 v4
1 Processor, 16 Cores, 32 ThreadsTopology4 Processors, 4 Cores
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 85 Stepping 4IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 79 Stepping 1
2.80 GHzBase Frequency2.19 GHz
32.0 KB x 16L1 Instruction Cache32.0 KB x 1
32.0 KB x 16L1 Data Cache32.0 KB x 1
1.00 MB x 16L2 Cache256 KB x 1
22.0 MB x 1L3 Cache55.0 MB x 1

Memory Information

32.00 GBSize15.64 GB
3000 MT/sTransfer Rate
DDR4Type

Geekbench 5 result (single)

1122Single-Core Score817
1499Crypto Score1081
1055Integer Score779
1204Floating Point Score 855
1499
2.56 GB/sec
AES-XTS1081
1.84 GB/sec
1169
5.91 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)830
4.20 MB/sec
1088
51.5 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression835
39.5 Mpixels/sec
1023
2.88 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)942
2.66 MTE/sec
946
1.11 MElements/sec
HTML5810
950.7 KElements/sec
1011
316.9 Krows/sec
SQLite789
247.3 Krows/sec
1040
56.4 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering733
39.8 Mpixels/sec
1047
333.7 KB/sec
Text Rendering606
193.2 KB/sec
1061
8.27 Klines/sec
Clang783
6.10 Klines/sec
1122
13.0 images/sec
Camera728
8.44 images/sec
1019
1.27 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics602
752.7 Kpairs/sec
1290
7991.4 FPS
Rigid Body Physics855
5296.4 FPS
781
42.9 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur625
34.4 Mpixels/sec
1126
8.67 images/sec
Face Detection785
6.05 images/sec
1014
25.0 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection797
19.6 Mpixels/sec
2148
105.4 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting1403
68.8 Mpixels/sec
1963
26.7 Mpixels/sec
HDR1595
21.7 Mpixels/sec
1360
1.09 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing1099
882.8 Kpixels/sec
988
8.85 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion732
6.56 Kpixels/sec
1078
34.4 Words/sec
Speech Recognition810
25.9 Words/sec
1079
41.7 images/sec
Machine Learning612
23.6 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

13591Multi-Core Score2682
10555Crypto Score3740
13168Integer Score2432
15013Floating Point Score 3046
10555
18.0 GB/sec
AES-XTS3740
6.38 GB/sec
18080
91.4 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)3088
15.6 MB/sec
18117
857.1 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression3094
146.4 Mpixels/sec
7230
20.4 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)1866
5.26 MTE/sec
12906
15.2 MElements/sec
HTML51698
1.99 MElements/sec
14760
4.62 Mrows/sec
SQLite2408
754.4 Krows/sec
10224
554.8 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering2741
148.8 Mpixels/sec
11153
3.47 MB/sec
Text Rendering2029
646.5 KB/sec
15993
124.6 Klines/sec
Clang2913
22.7 Klines/sec
14471
167.7 images/sec
Camera2519
29.2 images/sec
11250
14.1 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics2369
2.96 Mpairs/sec
24327
150716.3 FPS
Rigid Body Physics3355
20782.7 FPS
14604
802.8 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur2822
155.1 Mpixels/sec
17888
137.7 images/sec
Face Detection3024
23.3 images/sec
14303
352.6 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection2945
72.6 Mpixels/sec
23232
1.14 Gpixels/sec
Image Inpainting5328
261.4 Mpixels/sec
25432
346.5 Mpixels/sec
HDR5978
81.5 Mpixels/sec
23196
18.6 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing4431
3.56 Mpixels/sec
13645
122.2 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion2683
24.0 Kpixels/sec
8953
286.2 Words/sec
Speech Recognition1987
63.5 Words/sec
5099
197.0 images/sec
Machine Learning1391
53.8 images/sec