Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 vs Intel Core i7-4960X. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Xeon E5 v2 Intel Core i 4000X
• Family
  Intel Xeon E5 Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition
• Generation
  4 4
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Successor
  Intel Xeon E5-2697 v3 -

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

• Base Frequency
  2.7 GHz 3.6 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  12 6
• CPU Threads
  24 12
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.5 GHz 4 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (12 Cores)
  3.1 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  - 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
  no iGPU no iGPU
• GPU Turbo
  No 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 Core i7-4960X and Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes No
• Memory channels
  4 4
• Memory type
  DDR3-1866 DDR3-1866
• PCIe lanes
  40 40
• PCIe version
  3.0 3.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 and Intel Core i7-4960X 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)
  130 W 130 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 and Intel Core i7-4960X, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Ivy Bridge EP Ivy Bridge E
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
• L3-Cache
  30.00 MB 15.00 MB
• Release date
  Q3/2013 Q3/2013
• Socket
  LGA 2011 LGA 2011
• Technology
  22 nm 22 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d