The Intel Broadwell-E Review: Core i7-6950X, i7-6900K, i7-6850K and i7-6800K Tested
by Ian Cutress on May 31, 2016 2:01 AM EST- Posted in
- CPUs
- Intel
- Enterprise
- Prosumer
- X99
- 14nm
- Broadwell-E
- HEDT
Professional Performance: Windows
Agisoft Photoscan – 2D to 3D Image Manipulation: link
Agisoft Photoscan creates 3D models from 2D images, a process which is very computationally expensive. The algorithm is split into four distinct phases, and different phases of the model reconstruction require either fast memory, fast IPC, more cores, or even OpenCL compute devices to hand. Agisoft supplied us with a special version of the software to script the process, where we take 50 images of a stately home and convert it into a medium quality model. This benchmark typically takes around 15-20 minutes on a high end PC on the CPU alone, with GPUs reducing the time.
Cinebench R15
Cinebench is a benchmark based around Cinema 4D, and is fairly well known among enthusiasts for stressing the CPU for a provided workload. Results are given as a score, where higher is better.
HandBrake v0.9.9: link
For HandBrake, we take two videos (a 2h20 640x266 DVD rip and a 10min double UHD 3840x4320 animation short) and convert them to x264 format in an MP4 container. Results are given in terms of the frames per second processed, and HandBrake uses as many threads as possible.
Hybrid x265
Hybrid is a new benchmark, where we take a 4K 1500 frame video and convert it into an x265 format without audio. Results are given in frames per second.
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mapesdhs - Thursday, June 9, 2016 - link
By definition, professionals wouldn't use this kind of tech at all. Pro users don't oc. Pro users have a budget to afford XEON.The prosumer market though, solo professionals, those on a budget, these are the people for whom previous generations of SB-E/IB-E made some sense, but not anymore.
sleekblackroadster - Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - link
This is the opposite of generating enthusiasm, Intel.jjj - Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - link
This is what Intel means by more focus on certain segments and it will only get worse as the PC market fades away.damianrobertjones - Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - link
No 6700k in the tests? :(damianrobertjones - Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - link
Clicks the next page... DAMMIT!PJ_ - Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - link
It was in the GTA V benchmarks for examplePJ_ - Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - link
And many moremedi03 - Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - link
AMD's CPUs aren't that bad for gaming (mostly because of multi-threading becoming a treand in games, thanks to consoles) as many people think:http://wccftech.com/fx-8370-i5-6400-gaming-compari...
josetesan - Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - link
It will be great if , for next multi-threaded tests, Linux Kernel compilation times were added, as thay make great use of it, via the -J <threads> parameter.Some people use their computers to compile,and we benefit for multicores a lot. ( java, C, whatever ).
I can see the 6-core for $434 it a nice price, given Haswell i7-4770 has 4 cores and is similar priced.
Great review, indeed.
Tom Womack - Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - link
It's not clear that the 6-core Broadwell is very much better than the 6-core Haswell, and it's likely that its existence makes the 6-core Haswell cheaper; so pick up a 5820K in the near term.