Comparison of Intel Core i7-4960X and Intel Xeon E5-1660 v2

Attribute	Intel Core i7-4960X ×	Intel Xeon E5-1660 v2 ×
General Information
Brand	Intel	Intel
Series	Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition	Intel Xeon E5
Model	Intel Core i7-4960X	Intel Xeon E5-1660 v2
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
CPU Cores	6	6
Frequency (GHz)	3.6	3.7
CPU Threads	12	12
Core architecture	normal	normal
Hyperthreading	+	+
Overclocking	+	-
Turbo (1 Core) (GHz)	4	4
Turbo (6 Cores) (GHz)	4	3.8
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	DDR3-1866	DDR3-1866
PCIe lanes	40	40
PCIe version	3.0	3.0
ECC	-	+
Memory channels	4	4
Technical details
Release date (year)	2013	2013
Technology (Nm)	22	22
Socket	LGA 2011	LGA 2011
Virtualization	vt-d vt-x vt-x ept	vt-d vt-x vt-x ept
L3-Cache (MB)	15	12
Architecture	Ivy Bridge E	Ivy Bridge EP
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	14,313	13,919
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)	846	811
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)	5,189	5,019
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)	151	151
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)	1,092	1,092
Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)	1.82	1.82
Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)	11.71	11.71
Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)	3,460	3,295
Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)	20,120	18,720