Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 vs Intel Core i7-7700K

Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2
Intel Socket 2011SERVER
2700 MHz / Cores: 12 / Sep 2013
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2
Intel Core i7-7700K
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
4200 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2016
Intel Core i7-7700K

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2
    109%
  • Intel Core i7-7700K
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-7700K
    143%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2
    127%
  • Intel Core i7-7700K
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 27% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Around 9% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-7700K

Much higher single threaded performance (around 43% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2.

Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2Intel Core i7-7700K
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
TXT
Intel VT-x
Intel VT-d
AES-NI
F16C
EPT
ECC
AVX2
VT-x
VT-d
HTT
TSX
CLMUL
FMA3
BMI1
BMI2
Boost 2.0

Architecture

Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2Intel Core i7-7700K
ArchitectureIntel_IvyBridgevsIntel_Kabylake
MarketServervsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR4
CodenameIvy Bridge-EPvsKaby Lake
Release DateSep 2013vsSep 2016

Cores

Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2Intel Core i7-7700K
Cores12vs4
Threads24vs8
SMPs2vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsIntel HD Graphics 630

Cache

Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2Intel Core i7-7700K
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache30720 KB (shared)vs8192 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2Intel Core i7-7700K
SocketIntel Socket 2011vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Tempunknownvs72°C
Packagevs
Die Size160mm²vsunknown
Process22 nmvs14 nm

Performance

Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2Intel Core i7-7700K
Cpu Frequency2700 MHzvs4200 MHz
Turbo Clock3500 MHzvs4500 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP130 Wvs95 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2
    3605 points
  • Intel Core i7-7700K
    5400 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2
    40046 points
  • Intel Core i7-7700K
    24192 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark06 CPU

  • Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2
    8843
  • Intel Core i7-7700K
    10156

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Single

  • Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2
    4173
  • Intel Core i7-7700K
    7304.5

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Multi

  • Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2
    34776
  • Intel Core i7-7700K
    28903

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2
    1.25
  • Intel Core i7-7700K
    2.19

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 64Bit

  • Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2
    17.6
  • Intel Core i7-7700K
    10.37

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2
    105
  • Intel Core i7-7700K
    196

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2
    1550
  • Intel Core i7-7700K
    972

points - higher is better

SuperPI 1M

  • Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2
    12.86
  • Intel Core i7-7700K
    8.17

seconds - lower is better

wPrime 32

  • Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2
    12.31
  • Intel Core i7-7700K
    5.56

seconds - lower is better

WinRAR 4.0

  • Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2
    7269
  • Intel Core i7-7700K
    5823

MB/s - higher is better

x264 Pass 1

  • Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2
    164.84
  • Intel Core i7-7700K
    230

FPS - higher is better

x264 Pass 2

  • Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2
    85.16
  • Intel Core i7-7700K
    61.6

FPS - higher is better

TrueCrypt AES

  • Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2
    8.7
  • Intel Core i7-7700K
    5.45

GB/s

TrueCrypt Twofish

  • Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2
    1.6
  • Intel Core i7-7700K
    0.93

GB/s

TrueCrypt Serpent

  • Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2
    0.92
  • Intel Core i7-7700K
    0.55

GB/s

Sunspider 1.0

  • Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2
    104
  • Intel Core i7-7700K
    52

score - higher is better