Comparison of Intel Core i7-3960X and Intel Xeon Gold 6134

Attribute	Intel Xeon Gold 6134 ×	Intel Core i7-3960X ×
General Information
Brand	Intel	Intel
Series	Intel Xeon Gold	Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition
Model	Intel Xeon Gold 6134	Intel Core i7-3960X
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
CPU Cores	8	6
Frequency (GHz)	3.2	3.3
CPU Threads	16	12
Core architecture	normal	normal
Hyperthreading	+	+
Overclocking	-	+
Turbo (1 Core) (GHz)	3.7	3.9
Turbo (6 Cores) (GHz)	-	3.9
Turbo (8 Cores) (GHz)	3.5	-
Encryption
AES-NI	+	+
Hardware codec support
JPEG	No	No
h264	No	No
h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No	No
h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No	No
VP8	No	No
AV1	No	No
VC-1	No	No
VP9	No	No
AVC	No	No
Memory And PCIe
Memory type	DDR4-2666	DDR3-1600
PCIe lanes	48	-
PCIe version	3.0	-
ECC	+	-
Memory channels	6	4
Technical details
Release date (year)	2017	2011
Technology (Nm)	14	32
Socket	LGA 3647	LGA 2011
Virtualization	vpro vt-d vt-x vt-x ept	vt-d vt-x vt-x ept
L3-Cache (MB)	25	15
Architecture	Skylake SP	Sandy Bridge E
Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
Thermal Management
TDP (PL1) (W)	130	130
Benchmarks
Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark	18,206	12,712
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)	956	836
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)	9,669	4,973
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)	162	159
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)	1,558	1,158
Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)	1.91	1.57
Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)	17.13	11.35
Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)	4,156	3,314
Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)	29,267	19,300