Intel Xeon E7-2880 v2 vs Intel Core i7-6567U

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Intel Xeon E7-2880 v2 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i7-6567U
Intel Xeon E7-2880 v2 Intel Core i7-6567U

CPU comparison

Intel Xeon E7-2880 v2 or Intel Core i7-6567U - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The Intel Xeon E7-2880 v2 has 15 cores with 30 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.10 GHz. Up to 1536 GB of memory is supported in 4 memory channels. The Intel Xeon E7-2880 v2 was released in Q1/2014.

The Intel Core i7-6567U has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.60 GHz. The CPU supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-6567U was released in Q3/2015.
Intel Xeon E7 (20) Family Intel Core i7 (293)
Intel Xeon E7 v2 (20) CPU group Intel Core i 6000U (20)
4 Generation 6
Ivy Bridge EX Architecture Skylake U
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor Intel Core i7-5557U
-- Successor Intel Core i7-7567U

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Xeon E7-2880 v2 has 15 CPU cores and can calculate 30 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon E7-2880 v2 is 2.50 GHz (3.10 GHz) while the Intel Core i7-6567U has 2 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i7-6567U is at 3.30 GHz (3.60 GHz).

Intel Xeon E7-2880 v2 Characteristic Intel Core i7-6567U
15 Cores 2
30 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.50 GHz Frequency 3.30 GHz
3.10 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.60 GHz
3.10 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 3.00 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

Intel Xeon E7-2880 v2 Characteristic Intel Core i7-6567U
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Intel Xeon E7-2880 v2 or Intel Core i7-6567U has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

no iGPU GPU Intel Iris Graphics 550
GPU frequency 0.30 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 1.10 GHz
-- GPU Generation 9
Technology 14 nm
Max. displays 3
-- Compute units 48
-- Shader 384
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 32 GB
-- DirectX Version 12

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

no iGPU GPU Intel Iris Graphics 550
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
No Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Xeon E7-2880 v2 can use up to 1536 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 51.2 GB/s. The Intel Core i7-6567U supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 34.1 GB/s.

Intel Xeon E7-2880 v2 Characteristic Intel Core i7-6567U
DDR3-1600 Memory LPDDR3-1866, DDR4-2133
1536 GB Max. Memory 32 GB
4 (Quad Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
51.2 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 34.1 GB/s
Yes ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
38.00 MB L3 Cache 4.00 MB
-- PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 12
-- PCIe Bandwidth 11.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Xeon E7-2880 v2 is 130 W, while the Intel Core i7-6567U has a TDP of 28 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Xeon E7-2880 v2 Characteristic Intel Core i7-6567U
130 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 28 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down 23 W
-- Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Xeon E7-2880 v2 is manufactured in 22 nm and has 38.00 MB cache. The Intel Core i7-6567U is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 4.00 MB cache.

Intel Xeon E7-2880 v2 Characteristic Intel Core i7-6567U
22 nm Technology 14 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
LGA 2011 Socket BGA 1356
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q1/2014 Release date Q3/2015
3900 $ Release price 415 $
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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Xeon E7-2880 v2 Intel Xeon E7-2880 v2
15C 30T @ 3.10 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-6567U Intel Core i7-6567U
2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
855 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Xeon E7-2880 v2 Intel Xeon E7-2880 v2
15C 30T @ 3.10 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-6567U Intel Core i7-6567U
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
1904 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Intel Xeon E7-2880 v2 Intel Xeon E7-2880 v2
15C 30T @ 3.10 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-6567U Intel Core i7-6567U
2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
1107 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Intel Xeon E7-2880 v2 Intel Xeon E7-2880 v2
15C 30T @ 3.10 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-6567U Intel Core i7-6567U
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
2271 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Intel Xeon E7-2880 v2 Intel Xeon E7-2880 v2
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-6567U Intel Core i7-6567U
Intel Iris Graphics 550 @ 1.10 GHz
845 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Intel Xeon E7-2880 v2 Intel Xeon E7-2880 v2
15C 30T @ 3.10 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-6567U Intel Core i7-6567U
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
3841 (100%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.
Intel Xeon E7-2880 v2 Intel Xeon E7-2880 v2
15C 30T @ 3.10 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-6567U Intel Core i7-6567U
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
971.9 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Xeon E7-2880 v2 Intel Xeon E7-2880 v2
15C 30T @ 3.10 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-6567U Intel Core i7-6567U
2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
153 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Xeon E7-2880 v2 Intel Xeon E7-2880 v2
15C 30T @ 3.10 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-6567U Intel Core i7-6567U
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
329 (100%)

Devices using this processor

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