i7-5930k VS Xeon E-1650v3, which one?

[ItayBraverman]

Hi There everyone,

Well, after a long research I must admit that I didn't reached any real conclusions regarding the main differences between the 2.
They have the exact specs, and all of the benchmark websites shows almost identical results, some will give slight advantage to the Xeon and others to the i7.

The e5-1650v3 cannot be installed as a dual socket setup, so I guess that an x99 mobo will be the best choice for it (thought about Asrock X99M Killer which support Xeon and ECC).

So can I say that the ECC memory support is the only advantage Xeon has on an i7? And with today's stable regular memory modules, is it really a big advantage?

I'm planning of building a high performance workstation for heavy coding compiling that will run 2-4 VM server, and I would appreciate any suggestion regarding the best choice between the two options.

Thanks,

Itay

 

[Burpo]

I7 5930K, no VPro, 1/12th the memory capacity, and 100mhz slower vs E5-1650 v3.. Also no Demand based Switching, Secure key or Trusted Execution Platform. Not that you need it for VM, but (IMO) Xeon still wins.. Faster & uses less power. Of course you can overclock the 5930k, but not the Xeon..

 

[tynopik]

And with today's stable regular memory modules

hahaha

the reasons for the E5 would be either memory integrity or memory capacity

get a motherboard like this and you can cram in 512GB

 

[RolloC612]

I7 5930K, no VPro, 1/12th the memory capacity, and 100mhz slower vs E5-1650 v3.. Also no Demand based Switching, Secure key or Trusted Execution Platform. Not that you need it for VM, but (IMO) Xeon still wins.. Faster & uses less power. Of course you can overclock the 5930k, but not the Xeon..

E5-1650/1660/1680v3 are ALL UNLOCKED

 

[IEC]

VMs on a production machine? Definitely the Xeon if you can afford it.