Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2 vs Intel Core i7-7700

Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2
Intel Socket 2011SERVER
3700 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2013
Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2
Intel Core i7-7700
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3600 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2016
Intel Core i7-7700

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-7700
    137%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-7700
    151%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-7700
    123%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2

None

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-7700

Much higher single threaded performance (around 51% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 23% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
65 watts lower power draw.
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 E5-1620 v2.
Around 37% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Core i7-7700

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-7700

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i7-7700

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-7700

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


Specifications

Features

Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel Core i7-7700
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
vPro
Boost 2.0

Architecture

Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel Core i7-7700
ArchitectureIntel_IvyBridgevsIntel_Kabylake
MarketServervsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR4
CodenameIvy Bridge-EvsKaby Lake
Release DateSep 2013vsSep 2016

Cores

Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel Core i7-7700
Cores4vs4
Threads8vs8
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsIntel HD Graphics 630

Cache

Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel Core i7-7700
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache10240 KB (shared)vs8192 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel Core i7-7700
SocketIntel Socket 2011vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Tempunknownvs72°C
Packagevs
Die Size160mm²vsunknown
Process22 nmvs14 nm

Performance

Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel Core i7-7700
Cpu Frequency3700 MHzvs3600 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevsnone
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP130 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2
    3811 points
  • Intel Core i7-7700
    4320 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2
    18292 points
  • Intel Core i7-7700
    20736 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2 (simulated)
    111
  • Intel Core i7-7700
    168

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2 (simulated)
    708.02
  • Intel Core i7-7700
    877

points - higher is better