Core i7-11700 vs Xeon E-2176G

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon E-2176G
2018
6 cores / 12 threads, 80 Watt
8.77
Core i7-11700
2021
8 cores / 16 threads, 65 Watt
12.79
+45.8%

i7-11700 outperforms Xeon E-2176G by a considerable 46% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E-2176G and Core i7-11700 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking816559
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation10.2738.62
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Xeon (Desktop)no data
Architecture codenameCoffee Lake-ER (2018)Rocket Lake (2021)
Release date1 September 2018 (5 years ago)16 March 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$367no data
Current price$621 (1.7x MSRP)$235

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

i7-11700 has 276% better value for money than Xeon E-2176G.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E-2176G and Core i7-11700 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores6 (Hexa-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads1216
Base clock speed3.7 GHz2.5 GHz
Boost clock speed4.7 GHz4.9 GHz
L1 cache384 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache1.5 MB256K (per core)
L3 cache12 MB16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size149 mm2276 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °C100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E-2176G and Core i7-11700 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration11
SocketFCLGA1151FCLGA1200
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E-2176G and Core i7-11700. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
FMAno data+
AVX++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
SIPPno data+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data+
StatusLaunchedDiscontinued

Security technologies

Xeon E-2176G and Core i7-11700 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
Secure Key++
MPX+no data
Identity Protectionno data+
SGXYes with both Intel® SPS and Intel® ME-
OS Guard++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E-2176G and Core i7-11700 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+no data
VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E-2176G and Core i7-11700. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3, DDR4DDR4
Maximum memory size128 GB128 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth41.6 GB/s50 GB/s
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
Intel UHD Graphics P630Intel UHD Graphics 750
Max video memory128 GB64 GB
Quick Sync Video++
Clear Video++
Clear Video HD++
Graphics max frequency1.2 GHz1.3 GHz
Execution Unitsno data32
InTru 3D++

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon E-2176G and Core i7-11700 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported33
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+no data
HDMI+no data
DVI+no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Xeon E-2176G and Core i7-11700 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support++
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2160@24Hz4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP4096x2304@60Hz5120 x 3200 @60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096x2304@60Hz5120 x 3200 @60Hz
Max resolution over VGAN/Ano data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon E-2176G and Core i7-11700 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX1212.1
OpenGL4.54.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E-2176G and Core i7-11700.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanes1620

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Xeon E-2176G 8.77
i7-11700 12.79
+45.8%

Core i7-11700 outperforms Xeon E-2176G by 46% based on our aggregate benchmark results.


Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Xeon E-2176G 13567
i7-11700 19788
+45.9%

Core i7-11700 outperforms Xeon E-2176G by 46% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Xeon E-2176G 1577
i7-11700 2106
+33.5%

Core i7-11700 outperforms Xeon E-2176G by 34% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Xeon E-2176G 6436
i7-11700 8614
+33.8%

Core i7-11700 outperforms Xeon E-2176G by 34% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

Xeon E-2176G 7369
i7-11700 9493
+28.8%

Core i7-11700 outperforms Xeon E-2176G by 29% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Xeon E-2176G 39053
i7-11700 51493
+31.9%

Core i7-11700 outperforms Xeon E-2176G by 32% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Xeon E-2176G 11719
i7-11700 14738
+25.8%

Core i7-11700 outperforms Xeon E-2176G by 26% in 3DMark06 CPU.

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

Xeon E-2176G 4.52
i7-11700 4.19
+7.9%

Xeon E-2176G outperforms Core i7-11700 by 8% in wPrime 32.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

Xeon E-2176G 15
i7-11700 20
+36.1%

Core i7-11700 outperforms Xeon E-2176G by 36% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Xeon E-2176G 1324
i7-11700 1767
+33.5%

Core i7-11700 outperforms Xeon E-2176G by 33% in Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Xeon E-2176G 200
i7-11700 233
+16.5%

Core i7-11700 outperforms Xeon E-2176G by 17% in Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

Xeon E-2176G 2.2
i7-11700 2.77
+25.9%

Core i7-11700 outperforms Xeon E-2176G by 26% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core.

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Xeon E-2176G 8
i7-11700 12
+50%

Core i7-11700 outperforms Xeon E-2176G by 50% in TrueCrypt AES.

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Xeon E-2176G 6277
+5.3%
i7-11700 5962

Xeon E-2176G outperforms Core i7-11700 by 5% in WinRAR 4.0.

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Xeon E-2176G 83
i7-11700 93
+11.8%

Core i7-11700 outperforms Xeon E-2176G by 12% in x264 encoding pass 2.

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Xeon E-2176G 233
i7-11700 267
+14.6%

Core i7-11700 outperforms Xeon E-2176G by 15% in x264 encoding pass 1.

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 8.77 12.79
Recency 1 September 2018 16 March 2021
Physical cores 6 8
Threads 12 16
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 65 Watt

The Core i7-11700 is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon E-2176G in performance tests.

Be aware that Xeon E-2176G is a server/workstation processor while Core i7-11700 is a desktop one.


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