Intel Core i7-5775C vs Intel Xeon E7-8857 v2. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Family
  Intel Core i7 Intel Xeon E7
• Generation
  5 4
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 5000 Intel Xeon E7 v2

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  3.30 GHz 3.00 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4 12
• Turbo (1 Core)
  3.70 GHz 3.60 GHz
• CPU Threads
  8 12
• Hyperthreading
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200 no iGPU
• GPU frequency
  0.30 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.15 GHz No turbo
• Execution units
  48
• Shader
  384
• Max. GPU Memory
  32 GB --
• Max. displays
  3
• Generation
  8
• DirectX Version
  12
• Technology
  14 nm
• Release date
  Q2/2015

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• h264
  Decode / Encode No
• VP9
  No No
• VP8
  Decode No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode No
• VC-1
  Decode No
• JPEG
  Decode No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Xeon E7-8857 v2 and Intel Core i7-5775C. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR3-1600 DDR3-1600
• ECC
  No Yes
• Memory channels
  2 4
• PCIe version
  3.0
• PCIe lanes
  16

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i7-5775C and Intel Xeon E7-8857 v2 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  65 W 130 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i7-5775C and Intel Core i7-5775C, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
• L3-Cache
  6.00 MB 30.00 MB
• Architecture
  Broadwell S Ivy Bridge EX
• Technology
  14 nm 22 nm
• Socket
  LGA 1150 LGA 2011
• Release date
  Q2/2015 Q1/2014