Intel Xeon Haswell Dollar Comparison Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3 testing on Ubuntu Linux. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article. Core i5 6600K: Processor: Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370S, Graphics: Intel Sky Lake (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.4.0-rc2-phoronix (x86_64) 20151123, Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (padoka PPA), Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Core i5 6500: Processor: Intel Core i5-6500 @ 3.60GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z170M-D3H-CF, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB KINGSTON SV300S3, Graphics: Intel Sky Lake (1050MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.4.0-rc2-phoronix (x86_64) 20151123, Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (padoka PPA), Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Xeon E3 1245 v5: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Supermicro X11SAE-M v1.01, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Intel Device 191d (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC888-VD, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.4.0-rc2-phoronix (x86_64) 20151123, Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (padoka PPA), Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Xeon E3-1231 v3: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3 @ 3.80GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte H81M-S1, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3 DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.2.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: modesetting 1.17.2, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 11.0.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 FFTW 3.3.4 Build: Float + SSE - Size: 2D FFT Size 4096 Mflops > Higher Is Better Core i5 6600K ... 17063 |====================================================== Core i5 6500 .... 14804 |=============================================== Xeon E3 1245 v5 . 13628 |=========================================== Xeon E3-1231 v3 . 12754 |======================================== FFTW 3.3.4 Performance / Cost - Build: Float + SSE - Size: 2D FFT Size 4096 Mflops Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Core i5 6600K ... 57.07 |========================================= Core i5 6500 .... 74.39 |====================================================== Xeon E3 1245 v5 . 43.96 |================================ Xeon E3-1231 v3 . 51.22 |===================================== FFTW 3.3.4 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Core i5 6600K ... MIN: 23.0 AVG: 27.5 MAX: 45.0 Core i5 6500 .... MIN: 28.0 AVG: 34.5 MAX: 46.0 Xeon E3-1231 v3 . MIN: 36.0 AVG: 43.1 MAX: 53.0 Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Core i5 6600K ... 2693.07 |==================================================== Core i5 6500 .... 2327.61 |============================================= Xeon E3 1245 v5 . 2426.44 |=============================================== Xeon E3-1231 v3 . 1964.20 |====================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Performance / Cost - Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Core i5 6600K ... 9.01 |========================================== Core i5 6500 .... 11.70 |====================================================== Xeon E3 1245 v5 . 7.83 |==================================== Xeon E3-1231 v3 . 7.89 |==================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Core i5 6600K ... MIN: 25.0 AVG: 26.1 MAX: 27.0 Core i5 6500 .... MIN: 33.0 AVG: 35.3 MAX: 42.0 Xeon E3-1231 v3 . MIN: 38.0 AVG: 40.4 MAX: 43.0 OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i5 6600K ... 663.57 |==================================================== Core i5 6500 .... 557.63 |============================================ Xeon E3 1245 v5 . 672.97 |===================================================== Xeon E3-1231 v3 . 596.73 |=============================================== OpenSSL 1.0.1g Performance / Cost - RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Core i5 6600K ... 2.22 |============================================ Core i5 6500 .... 2.80 |======================================================= Xeon E3 1245 v5 . 2.17 |=========================================== Xeon E3-1231 v3 . 2.40 |=============================================== OpenSSL 1.0.1g CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Core i5 6600K ... MIN: 47.0 AVG: 47.7 MAX: 48.0 Core i5 6500 .... MIN: 46.0 AVG: 49.4 MAX: 52.0 Xeon E3-1231 v3 . MIN: 53.0 AVG: 59.7 MAX: 64.0 CPU Temperature Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Celsius Core i5 6600K ... MIN: 20.0 AVG: 26.5 MAX: 48.0 Core i5 6500 .... MIN: 24.0 AVG: 34.6 MAX: 52.0 Xeon E3-1231 v3 . MIN: 33.0 AVG: 43.3 MAX: 64.0 Meta Performance Per Dollar Performance Per Dollar Performance Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Xeon E3-1231 v3 . 20.50 |======================================================