Core i9 7980XE vs. Core i7 8700K vs. Xeon - Intel Linux CPUs Tests for a future article Core i9 7980XE: Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.40GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A (1004 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8, Graphics: NV117 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20180204, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.2, Display Server: Wayland, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 17.3.3, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Core i7 8700K: Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K @ 4.70GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z370-A (0606 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Device 3ec2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon RX 470/480 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.0-32-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.2, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.5, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.0.7 (git-bdfd5658e7) Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 4.0.1), Vulkan: 1.0.61, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0 + LLVM 7.0.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Xeon E3-1280 v5: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0 (2.50 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.14.0-phx-retpoline-gcc-retpo (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.2, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.5, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.4.0-devel- padoka PPA (), Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Core i9 7960X: Processor: Intel Core i9-7960X @ 4.40GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) v1.0 (1.60 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB THNSN5128GPU7 TOSHIBA, Graphics: NV124 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.0-32-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Server: Wayland, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 17.2.2, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Core i7 6800K: Processor: Intel Core i7-6800K @ 3.80GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54) v1.0 (1.0C BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v4/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: NV120 12288MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.14.0-phx-retpoline-gcc-retpo (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Server: Wayland, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.5, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 17.2.2, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Atom C3950: Processor: Intel Atom C3950 @ 1.70GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: TYAN \z (V1.00 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Device 1980, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ ARC100, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.15.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20180206, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4 Unpacking The Linux Kernel linux-4.15.tar.xz Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i9 7980XE .. 5.68 |========================== Core i7 8700K ... 4.92 |====================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 6.38 |============================= Core i9 7960X ... 5.29 |======================== Core i7 6800K ... 5.85 |=========================== Atom C3950 ...... 11.81 |====================================================== Timed MrBayes Analysis 3.1.2 Primate Phylogeny Analysis Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i9 7980XE .. 103.59 |===================== Core i7 8700K ... 159.30 |================================ Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 226.84 |============================================= Core i9 7960X ... 77.66 |================ Core i7 6800K ... 165.24 |================================= Atom C3950 ...... 264.49 |===================================================== BLAKE2 20170307 Cycles Per Byte < Lower Is Better Core i9 7980XE .. 4.32 |========================================== Core i7 8700K ... 4.57 |============================================= Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 5.35 |==================================================== Core i9 7960X ... 3.90 |====================================== Core i7 6800K ... 5.64 |======================================================= Atom C3950 ...... 5.00 |================================================= Botan 2.4.0 Test: KASUMI - Encrypt MiB/s > Higher Is Better Core i9 7980XE .. 90.11 |================================================ Core i7 8700K ... 100.13 |===================================================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 87.65 |============================================== Core i9 7960X ... 89.42 |=============================================== Core i7 6800K ... 83.17 |============================================ Atom C3950 ...... 45.24 |======================== Botan 2.4.0 Test: KASUMI - Decrypt MiB/s > Higher Is Better Core i9 7980XE . 86.88 |======================================================= Botan 2.4.0 Test: AES-256 - Encrypt MiB/s > Higher Is Better Core i9 7980XE .. 3812.44 |============================================== Core i7 8700K ... 4278.44 |==================================================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 3789.78 |============================================== Core i9 7960X ... 3922.87 |================================================ Core i7 6800K ... 3384.64 |========================================= Atom C3950 ...... 1101.38 |============= Botan 2.4.0 Test: AES-256 - Decrypt MiB/s > Higher Is Better Core i9 7980XE . 3828.47 |===================================================== Botan 2.4.0 Test: Twofish - Encrypt MiB/s > Higher Is Better Core i9 7980XE .. 353.12 |================================================ Core i7 8700K ... 393.04 |===================================================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 347.84 |=============================================== Core i9 7960X ... 351.06 |=============================================== Core i7 6800K ... 324.30 |============================================ Atom C3950 ...... 137.63 |=================== Botan 2.4.0 Test: Twofish - Decrypt MiB/s > Higher Is Better Core i9 7980XE . 347.27 |====================================================== Botan 2.4.0 Test: Blowfish - Encrypt MiB/s > Higher Is Better Core i9 7980XE .. 275.96 |=============================================== Core i7 8700K ... 309.91 |===================================================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 271.59 |============================================== Core i9 7960X ... 274.67 |=============================================== Core i7 6800K ... 245.70 |========================================== Atom C3950 ...... 130.37 |====================== Botan 2.4.0 Test: Blowfish - Decrypt MiB/s > Higher Is Better Core i9 7980XE . 277.47 |====================================================== Botan 2.4.0 Test: CAST-256 - Encrypt MiB/s > Higher Is Better Core i9 7980XE .. 135.56 |=============================================== Core i7 8700K ... 152.07 |===================================================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 133.37 |============================================== Core i9 7960X ... 135.61 |=============================================== Core i7 6800K ... 124.71 |=========================================== Atom C3950 ...... 62.31 |====================== Botan 2.4.0 Test: CAST-256 - Decrypt MiB/s > Higher Is Better Core i9 7980XE . 135.58 |====================================================== Open FMM Nero2D 2.0.2 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i9 7980XE .. 28.91 |================ Core i7 8700K ... 55.86 |=============================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 91.60 |================================================== Core i9 7960X ... 28.38 |================ Core i7 6800K ... 62.56 |================================== Atom C3950 ...... 98.64 |====================================================== VP9 libvpx Encoding 1.7.0 vpxenc Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i9 7980XE .. 1.16 |======================================================= Core i7 8700K ... 1.10 |==================================================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 1.15 |======================================================= Core i9 7960X ... 1.04 |================================================= Core i7 6800K ... 1.12 |===================================================== Atom C3950 ...... 1.04 |================================================= x264 2018-02-05 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i9 7980XE .. 125.13 |=============================================== Core i7 8700K ... 72.11 |=========================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 41.75 |================ Core i9 7960X ... 141.14 |===================================================== Core i7 6800K ... 55.29 |===================== Atom C3950 ...... 35.39 |============= POV-Ray 3.7.0.7 Trace Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i9 7980XE .. 32.80 |============== Core i7 8700K ... 62.37 |=========================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 107.91 |=============================================== Core i9 7960X ... 33.46 |=============== Core i7 6800K ... 80.07 |=================================== Atom C3950 ...... 121.66 |===================================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.100 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i9 7980XE .. 29.76 |===================== Core i7 8700K ... 26.74 |=================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 30.75 |===================== Core i7 6800K ... 32.43 |======================= Atom C3950 ...... 77.69 |====================================================== eSpeak Speech Engine 1.48.04 Text-To-Speech Synthesis Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i9 7980XE .. 29.47 |================== Core i7 8700K ... 25.28 |=============== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 32.85 |==================== Core i9 7960X ... 28.90 |================= Core i7 6800K ... 39.38 |======================== Atom C3950 ...... 89.37 |====================================================== FFmpeg 3.4.1 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i9 7980XE .. 13.66 |=============================================== Core i7 8700K ... 4.44 |=============== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 6.19 |====================== Core i9 7960X ... 7.80 |=========================== Core i7 6800K ... 6.06 |===================== Atom C3950 ...... 15.53 |====================================================== GnuPG 1.4.22 2GB File Encryption Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i9 7980XE .. 10.60 |==================== Core i7 8700K ... 9.78 |================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 10.88 |==================== Core i9 7960X ... 10.65 |==================== Core i7 6800K ... 11.36 |===================== Atom C3950 ...... 29.14 |====================================================== Mencoder 1.3.0 AVI To LAVC Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i9 7980XE .. 19.58 |====================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 17.67 |==================== Core i9 7960X ... 18.27 |===================== Core i7 6800K ... 19.26 |====================== Atom C3950 ...... 47.54 |====================================================== OpenSSL 1.1.0f RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i9 7980XE .. 4649.03 |==================================================== Core i7 8700K ... 1963.03 |====================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 1124.03 |============= Core i9 7960X ... 4590.40 |=================================================== Core i7 6800K ... 1571.40 |================== Atom C3950 ...... 823.23 |========= Apache Benchmark 2.4.29 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i9 7980XE .. 31882.95 |======================================= Core i7 8700K ... 30842.26 |====================================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 24475.67 |============================== Core i9 7960X ... 41690.30 |=================================================== Core i7 6800K ... 30424.37 |===================================== Atom C3950 ...... 9492.49 |============ Sunflow Rendering System 0.07.2 Global Illumination + Image Synthesis Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i9 7980XE .. 0.95 |=================== Core i7 8700K ... 1.45 |============================ Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 2.35 |============================================== Core i9 7960X ... 0.93 |================== Core i7 6800K ... 1.83 |==================================== Atom C3950 ...... 2.81 |======================================================= Schbench Message Threads: 2 - Workers Per Message Thread: 2 usec, 99.9th Latency Percentile < Lower Is Better Core i9 7980XE .. 112 |======================================================= Core i7 8700K ... 114 |======================================================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 89 |============================================ Core i9 7960X ... 113 |======================================================== Core i7 6800K ... 77 |====================================== Atom C3950 ...... 79 |======================================= Schbench Message Threads: 2 - Workers Per Message Thread: 4 usec, 99.9th Latency Percentile < Lower Is Better Core i9 7980XE .. 123 |======================================================== Core i7 8700K ... 103 |=============================================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 95 |=========================================== Core i9 7960X ... 114 |==================================================== Core i7 6800K ... 71 |================================ Atom C3950 ...... 85 |======================================= Schbench Message Threads: 2 - Workers Per Message Thread: 6 usec, 99.9th Latency Percentile < Lower Is Better Core i9 7980XE .. 122 | Core i7 8700K ... 15397 |===================================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 22283 |====================================================== Core i9 7960X ... 117 | Core i7 6800K ... 75 | Atom C3950 ...... 96 | Schbench Message Threads: 4 - Workers Per Message Thread: 2 usec, 99.9th Latency Percentile < Lower Is Better Core i9 7980XE .. 117 |======================================================== Core i7 8700K ... 103 |================================================= Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 88 |========================================== Core i9 7960X ... 106 |=================================================== Core i7 6800K ... 62 |============================== Atom C3950 ...... 68 |================================= Schbench Message Threads: 4 - Workers Per Message Thread: 4 usec, 99.9th Latency Percentile < Lower Is Better Core i9 7980XE .. 120 | Core i7 8700K ... 20725 |==================================================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 21536 |====================================================== Core i9 7960X ... 111 | Core i7 6800K ... 13637 |================================== Atom C3950 ...... 4694 |============ Schbench Message Threads: 4 - Workers Per Message Thread: 6 usec, 99.9th Latency Percentile < Lower Is Better Core i9 7980XE .. 123 | Core i7 8700K ... 25632 |=================================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 39019 |====================================================== Core i9 7960X ... 116 | Core i7 6800K ... 24341 |================================== Atom C3950 ...... 21856 |============================== Schbench Message Threads: 6 - Workers Per Message Thread: 2 usec, 99.9th Latency Percentile < Lower Is Better Core i9 7980XE .. 114 | Core i7 8700K ... 5750 |======================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 13205 |====================================================== Core i9 7960X ... 108 | Core i7 6800K ... 317 |= Atom C3950 ...... 276 |= Schbench Message Threads: 6 - Workers Per Message Thread: 4 usec, 99.9th Latency Percentile < Lower Is Better Core i9 7980XE .. 118 | Core i7 8700K ... 21877 |=============================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 38336 |====================================================== Core i9 7960X ... 109 | Core i7 6800K ... 24224 |================================== Atom C3950 ...... 19296 |=========================== Schbench Message Threads: 6 - Workers Per Message Thread: 6 usec, 99.9th Latency Percentile < Lower Is Better Core i9 7980XE .. 5797 |====== Core i7 8700K ... 53653 |====================================================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 52544 |===================================================== Core i9 7960X ... 16152 |================ Core i7 6800K ... 39616 |======================================== Atom C3950 ...... 32256 |================================ Crafty 25.2 Elapsed Time Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i9 7980XE .. 7868514 |============================================== Core i7 8700K ... 8851486 |==================================================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 7789214 |============================================== Core i9 7960X ... 8057299 |=============================================== Core i7 6800K ... 7066977 |========================================== Atom C3950 ...... 2882898 |================= Ogg Encoding 1.3.3 WAV To Ogg Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i9 7980XE . 6.16 |==================== Core i7 8700K .. 5.50 |================== Atom C3950 ..... 16.83 |======================================================= Botan 2.4.0 Test: KASUMI - Encrypt - Decrypt MiB/s > Higher Is Better Core i7 8700K ... 97.30 |====================================================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 85.37 |=============================================== Core i9 7960X ... 85.17 |=============================================== Core i7 6800K ... 80.99 |============================================= Atom C3950 ...... 43.76 |======================== Botan 2.4.0 Test: AES-256 - Encrypt - Decrypt MiB/s > Higher Is Better Core i7 8700K ... 4292.35 |==================================================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 3775.63 |============================================== Core i9 7960X ... 3838.34 |============================================== Core i7 6800K ... 3405.16 |========================================= Atom C3950 ...... 1102.98 |============= Botan 2.4.0 Test: Twofish - Encrypt - Decrypt MiB/s > Higher Is Better Core i7 8700K ... 392.04 |===================================================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 344.15 |=============================================== Core i9 7960X ... 359.27 |================================================= Core i7 6800K ... 323.93 |============================================ Atom C3950 ...... 134.90 |================== Botan 2.4.0 Test: Blowfish - Encrypt - Decrypt MiB/s > Higher Is Better Core i7 8700K ... 310.35 |===================================================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 273.50 |=============================================== Core i9 7960X ... 277.10 |=============================================== Core i7 6800K ... 245.51 |========================================== Atom C3950 ...... 129.14 |====================== Botan 2.4.0 Test: CAST-256 - Encrypt - Decrypt MiB/s > Higher Is Better Core i7 8700K ... 152.07 |===================================================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 133.31 |============================================== Core i9 7960X ... 136.78 |================================================ Core i7 6800K ... 124.51 |=========================================== Atom C3950 ...... 62.33 |====================== High Performance Conjugate Gradient 3.0 GFLOP/s > Higher Is Better Core i7 6800K . 1.38 |========================================================= Atom C3950 .... 0.61 |========================= Hackbench Count: 1 - Type: Process Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 6800K . 5.08 |============================== Atom C3950 .... 9.59 |========================================================= Hackbench Count: 1 - Type: Thread Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 6800K . 5.30 |============================= Atom C3950 .... 10.16 |======================================================== Hackbench Count: 2 - Type: Process Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 6800K . 7.44 |========================== Atom C3950 .... 16.32 |======================================================== Hackbench Count: 2 - Type: Thread Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 6800K . 7.88 |========================= Atom C3950 .... 17.54 |======================================================== Hackbench Count: 4 - Type: Process Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 6800K . 14.05 |========================== Atom C3950 .... 30.13 |======================================================== Hackbench Count: 4 - Type: Thread Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 6800K . 14.69 |========================= Atom C3950 .... 32.64 |======================================================== Hackbench Count: 8 - Type: Process Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 6800K . 27.39 |=========================== Atom C3950 .... 57.46 |======================================================== Hackbench Count: 8 - Type: Thread Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 6800K . 28.56 |========================== Atom C3950 .... 62.65 |======================================================== GNU MPC 1.1.0 Multi-Precision Benchmark Global Score > Higher Is Better Core i7 6800K . 8290 |========================================================= Atom C3950 .... 2350 |================ Go Benchmarks Test: build Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better Core i7 6800K . 15309562076 |===================== Atom C3950 .... 36633967771 |================================================== Go Benchmarks Test: http Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better Core i7 6800K . 6155 |======================== Atom C3950 .... 14614 |======================================================== Go Benchmarks Test: json Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better Core i7 6800K . 10394028 |=========================================== Atom C3950 .... 12792116 |===================================================== Go Benchmarks Test: garbage Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better Core i7 6800K . 2123727 |=========================================== Atom C3950 .... 2646641 |====================================================== Cpuminer-Opt Algorithm: lbry Hash Speed > Higher Is Better Core i7 6800K . 4106.33 |===================================== Atom C3950 .... 6015.31 |====================================================== Cpuminer-Opt Algorithm: sha256t Hash Speed > Higher Is Better Core i7 6800K . 11.49 |===================== Atom C3950 .... 31.12 |======================================================== Cpuminer-Opt Algorithm: skein Hash Speed > Higher Is Better Core i7 6800K . 9400.11 |====================================================== Atom C3950 .... 13.46 | Cpuminer-Opt Algorithm: myr-gr Hash Speed > Higher Is Better Core i7 6800K . 6151.72 |====================================================== Atom C3950 .... 5044.21 |============================================ Cpuminer-Opt Algorithm: m7m Hash Speed > Higher Is Better Core i7 6800K . 166.81 |======================================================= Atom C3950 .... 159.78 |===================================================== Cpuminer-Opt Algorithm: deep Hash Speed > Higher Is Better Core i7 6800K . 4442.84 |====================================================== Atom C3950 .... 2354.47 |============================= Cpuminer-Opt Algorithm: cryptonight Hash Speed > Higher Is Better Core i7 6800K . 271.83 |======================================================= Atom C3950 .... 141.75 |============================= AOBench Size: 2048 x 2048 - Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 6800K . 40.39 |=================== Atom C3950 .... 114.51 |=======================================================