Intel Core i7-5930K vs Intel Xeon E5-2667 v3. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 5000X Intel Xeon E5 v3
• Family
  Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition Intel Xeon E5
• Generation
  5 5
• Predecessor
  - Intel Xeon E5-2667 v2
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Successor
  - Intel Xeon E5-2667 v4

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  3.5 GHz 3.2 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  6 8
• CPU Threads
  12 16
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.7 GHz 3.6 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  3.6 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  - 3.4 GHz

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
  None no iGPU
• Graphics verification source
  https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000027144/processors/intel-core-processors.html -
• GPU Turbo
  - No turbo

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

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• JPEG
  No No
• VC-1
  No No
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Xeon E5-2667 v3 and Intel Core i7-5930K. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No Yes
• Memory channels
  4 4
• Memory type
  DDR4-2133 DDR4-2133
• PCIe lanes
  40 40
• PCIe version
  3.0 3.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i7-5930K and Intel Xeon E5-2667 v3 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  140 W 135 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i7-5930K and Intel Xeon E5-2667 v3, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Haswell E Haswell E
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L3-Cache
  15.00 MB 20.00 MB
• Release date
  Q3/2014 Q3/2014
• Socket
  LGA 2011-3 LGA 2011-3
• Technology
  22 nm 22 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d