Intel Xeon Silver 4108 vs Intel Core i7-6900K

Head-to-head processor comparison

Aggregated Scores

Combined benchmark scores for both processors


Overall Score

Out of 2,060 results in the database

4,898

Rank #952

vs
5,590

Rank #425

4,898
5,590

Core i7-6900K wins by 12.4% (Rank #952 vs #425)

Singlecore Score

Out of 2,060 results in the database

4,822

Rank #1,059

vs
5,674

Rank #440

4,822
5,674

Core i7-6900K wins by 15% (Rank #1059 vs #440)

Multicore Score

Out of 2,060 results in the database

5,013

Rank #633

vs
5,465

Rank #409

5,013
5,465

Core i7-6900K wins by 8.3% (Rank #633 vs #409)

Number Crunching

Out of 1,771 results in the database

4,776

Rank #554

vs
4,997

Rank #385

4,776
4,997

Core i7-6900K wins by 4.4% (Rank #554 vs #385)

Data Processing

Out of 1,771 results in the database

4,759

Rank #596

vs
4,997

Rank #421

4,759
4,997

Core i7-6900K wins by 4.8% (Rank #596 vs #421)

Physics & Compute

Out of 1,771 results in the database

4,834

Rank #526

vs
5,081

Rank #349

4,834
5,081

Core i7-6900K wins by 4.9% (Rank #526 vs #349)


Specifications

Side-by-side comparison of key specifications


Specification Xeon Silver 4108 Core i7-6900K Diff
Cores
8
8
0%
Threads
16
16
0%
Base Frequency
1,800 MHz
3,200 MHz
-43.8%
Turbo Frequency (1 core)
3,000 MHz
--
Clock Multiplier
18x
32x
-43.8%
L1 Cache
512 KB
32 KB
+93.8%
L2 Cache
8 MiB
0 MiB
+97%
L3 Cache
11 MiB
19 MiB
-42.3%
Memory Channels
6
4
+33.3%
Maximum Memory
768 GB
0 GB
+100%
Max Bandwidth
107 GB/s
--
PCIe Lanes --
40
Max CPUs
2
1
+50%
TDP (lower is better)
85 W
140 W
39.3% less
Process (lower is better)
14 nm
14 nm
0%

General Information

Specification Xeon Silver 4108 Core i7-6900K
Designer Intel Intel
Family Xeon --
Series 4000 --
Model Number 4108 i7-6900K
Microarchitecture Skylake --
Core Name Skylake Broadwell-E
Core Family 6 --
Socket Socket P and LGA-3647 LGA2011-v3
Package FCLGA-3647
Chipset Lewisburg --
Memory Type DDR4-2400 DDR4 2400/2133
ECC Support Yes No
PCIe Revision -- 3.0
Market Segment Server Desktop
Release Price $417.00 --
Locked Multiplier Yes Yes

Designer

Xeon Silver 4108
Intel
Core i7-6900K
Intel

Family

Xeon Silver 4108
Xeon
Core i7-6900K
--

Series

Xeon Silver 4108
4000
Core i7-6900K
--

Model Number

Xeon Silver 4108
4108
Core i7-6900K
i7-6900K

Microarchitecture

Xeon Silver 4108
Skylake
Core i7-6900K
--

Core Name

Xeon Silver 4108
Skylake
Core i7-6900K
Broadwell-E

Core Family

Xeon Silver 4108
6
Core i7-6900K
--

Socket

Xeon Silver 4108
Socket P and LGA-3647
Core i7-6900K
LGA2011-v3

Package

Xeon Silver 4108
FCLGA-3647
Core i7-6900K

Chipset

Xeon Silver 4108
Lewisburg
Core i7-6900K
--

Memory Type

Xeon Silver 4108
DDR4-2400
Core i7-6900K
DDR4 2400/2133

ECC Support

Xeon Silver 4108
Yes
Core i7-6900K
No

PCIe Revision

Xeon Silver 4108
--
Core i7-6900K
3.0

Market Segment

Xeon Silver 4108
Server
Core i7-6900K
Desktop

Release Price

Xeon Silver 4108
$417.00
Core i7-6900K
--

Locked Multiplier

Xeon Silver 4108
Yes
Core i7-6900K
Yes

Physical Specifications

Manufacturing process and die characteristics


Specification Xeon Silver 4108 Core i7-6900K
Process 14 nm 14 nm
Die Area -- 246 mm²
Transistor Count -- 3,400
Manufacturer Intel Intel
Technology CMOS --
Word Size 64-bit 64-bit
ISA x86-64 (x86) --

Process

Xeon Silver 4108
14 nm
Core i7-6900K
14 nm

Die Area

Xeon Silver 4108
--
Core i7-6900K
246 mm²

Transistor Count

Xeon Silver 4108
--
Core i7-6900K
3,400

Manufacturer

Xeon Silver 4108
Intel
Core i7-6900K
Intel

Technology

Xeon Silver 4108
CMOS
Core i7-6900K
--

Word Size

Xeon Silver 4108
64-bit
Core i7-6900K
64-bit

ISA

Xeon Silver 4108
x86-64 (x86)
Core i7-6900K
--

Integrated Graphics

Integrated GPU specifications comparison


Specification Xeon Silver 4108 Core i7-6900K
GPU -- None

GPU

Xeon Silver 4108
--
Core i7-6900K
None

CPU Extensions

Supported instruction set extensions comparison


Extension Xeon Silver 4108 Core i7-6900K
ABM
ADX
AES
AVX
AVX-512
AVX2
AVX512BW
AVX512CD
AVX512DQ
AVX512F
AVX512VL
BMI1
BMI2
CLMUL
EIST
EMMX
EPT
F16C
FMA
FMA3
FPU
HT
KPT
MBE Ctrl
MMX
NM
NX
PTT
Protected
RdRand
Real
SHA
SMEP
SMM
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
SSSE3
SST
Secure Key
TBT 2.0
TSX
TXT
VMD
VT-d
VT-x
vPro
x86-16
x86-32
x86-64