Intel Core i7 6950X vs Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
May 2016
May 2014
Manufacturer
Intel
Intel
Type
Desktop
Server
Instruction Set
x86-64
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Core Architecture
Broadwell E
Haswell-WS
Processor Number
i7-6950X
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Integrated Graphics
N/A
N/A
Generation
-
Xeon E3 (Haswell-WS)
Package
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
22 nm
Socket
LGA-2011-3
Intel Socket 1150
Power Consumption
140 W
80 W
Transistor Count
-
1.4 billions
Foundry
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Intel
Die Size
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160 mm²
Package
-
FC-LGA12C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
10
-
Performance Core Threads
20
-
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.0 GHz
3.4 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.5 GHz
3.8 GHz
Total Core Count
10
4
Total Thread Count
20
8
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
30x
34.0
L1 Cache
32 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
256 K per core
L3 Cache
25 MB shared
8 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
SMP
-
1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2133
DDR3-1600
Max Memory Size
128 GB
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Max Memory Channels
4
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
76.8 GB/s
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ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
Miscellaneous
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,069
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Cinebench R23
9,743
-
Geekbench 6
1,020
1,275
Geekbench 6
6,726
4,198
Passmark CPU
2,330
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Passmark CPU
17,362
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Blender
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69